In my dreams I did run free across an endless verdant veld
Winds eddying and rippling around me as all senses meld
Unburdened by any of the shades of humanity I range,
Far, wide & wild, through vistas common, imagined and strange
Chasing the storm , running to meet the sunrise at each step
Dithering, exhilarating, intoxicated as memories and reality with hope adapt
Thus were my dreams of long and late, ardent delirium in changing pictures cast
These dreams, it would seem, are now shelved in the past
In dappling shadows , punctuated by the glaring sun was the snare
For capricious words, touches of want and gossamer kisses she shared
Full of belief in the most high, an ever moving kaleidoscope of emotions,
She wrought me a day of such compunctions
Twas a day, an evening , a conversation of chance,
Of secrets, stories and the steps one takes in fate's dance
How find I now my tastes bereft of edges & of intents,
Where before was I, in my seclusion content
The girl with an unbidden penchant for affections abound,
Carved me a tattoo of memory , vibrant with touch and sound
Dream I now of a life seemingly mundane and droll;
Comprehension in it's entirety, demands it's due toll.
