A Vanishing Dream

Along the wooded path, deep within the loneliest shrine,

We strode softly hand in hand, and I felt you could be mine…

The placid spring breeze kissed our necks, brought us joy and hope,

Like a blooming sail on a boat at sea, I was leading us there…

As we hatched plans together, my heart quivered, and many a lives passed by,

Serenading Souls, mingling of the minds, a union of bodies was nigh…

Through my ornate reverie and your innocent banter, I sensed impending danger,

Alas, I knew it ! Blissful moments as these, were not meant to last forever…

With no ado but with a melancholic shriek, loomed an old black car,

Long and sinewy, it crawled along while we froze and chose to stare…

Your inscrutable face stoked my flaming fear, as I desperately drew you close,

Ran and gasped, but when the car had passed, you too had disappeared..

Like the dying embers in my charred heart, the amorous feelings suddenly faded,

And I started to contemplate the long walk back, to my life so leaden and jaded…

Now at distance, a pallid shadow, emerged from the windowed urn,

Waved to me and bid goodbye as the vehicle approached the turn…

As my cognition signaled, that it was you who left with the late goodbye,

A thousand rusted nails seemed to pierce my skin, while those doting dreams did die...