Thursday 6 April 1995

A Typical View

A book begs to be read
Lying on a table that is dead
A pair of eyes wandered through the walls
Then  through the windows, ceilings and floors.
 
The calculator is waiting to be  touched
Exercises and problems are worrying much
The pen stints, its not in the mood
It’ll walk later when it already feels good.
 
Ex-apple of the eyes of my Master
Passed by but it didn’t  bother
A hand grabbed an old bookmarker
And thrown back to place sooner.
 
Words knockin’ on both ears
Never welcomed, never heard
Addressed by the man in front
With reading  glasses, a respected one.
 
A sleepy breath came out the mouth
Patiently  waiting for the  bell to ring
Another one  from the same sense came out
There’s  the bell, what  joy it  brings!

Monday 3 April 1995

Little Star


One fine night  as I stood  by the garden
Uttering a  pray’r looking up in heaven
Suddenly a little star above me slowly glisten
No other stars around, nothing to get even.
As  I looked from afar, a bunch of stars are shining
They’re so bright, they twinkle and they’re so eye-catching
I smiled  - they’re so merry and I enjoyed looking
But the little star is what my eyes are searching.
Night  after night, I look up in the sky
To see the little star and at its presence I sigh,
“I’m a friend, little star  -  I’m here to get by,
To be with you up  there has been my heart’s desire.”
Years passed and still I look up at the little star
Suddenly I noticed, it has moved  quite far
And now it’s different, it shines so bright
Mixed feelings I felt,  it’s peculiar in my sight.
The little star I admired started to grow
Though now, he’s bright, he’s got  a humble glow
Just one thing I can’t deny, he seemed to be so far
Impossible for me to reach, oh my little star!