LOVE

A horror-stricken night it was

The sky with demons was overcast

No sound no movement could be seen or heard

Except the singing of a weird bird.

 

Young Neel looked out on the road

The mist was thick, the vision was low

He his ladylove was to meet

At the weary end of the hilly street.

 

He stood up and made to go

The clouds just then began to low

Down poured rain in a fearful sweep

Neel looked on and could not weep.

 

This meeting was the fruition of a dream

He must leave he must leave

Up went his hand for his raincoat

And out in the rain was he bold.

 

Five miles plodding up a mazy road

Panting and fuming he reached so

That demon fear and dwarfish doubt

His ladylove would not assault.

 

Up on the summit when he reached

No sound no movement could he feel

Save the twittering of the mocking owl

And the flaming eyes of the fretting clouds.

 

He stood his ground this love lorn Casablanca

Through the decay of the day and the birth of the morn

But no sound no movement could he espy

Save the slithering west wind’s rustling sigh!

~Ravi Dhar~

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