A Morning Dream...

Slept through the day, the evening and the night...
And everything in between just a delirium...
The clouds had filled the whole wide sky...
Everything around had lost its equilibrium...

Slowly as the darkness engulfed the world...
My thoughts travelled through the past lane...
Random anecdotes, stories and moments...
A whirlwind of emotions - sane and insane...

Lying on Her laps, I broke down in tears...
Mourning the lost paradise I could not keep...
The ground beneath my mother's feet...
She eased my pain and lulled me to sleep....

Standing in the middle of nowhere, I shouted..
'Please wake me up and take me home...'
Jumbo and Ruby came running towards me...
Wagging their tails, barking at me to come...

Sitting next to the fire, Pupu smiled at me..
We drank some tea and ate some puris
'Even if it isn't real, I'm glad to meet you', I said...
He said, 'It's as real as your heart feels it is.'

I looked up and realised he had already gone...
Someone entered the room just then...
'Eechak daana..' Bobok came, singing a song...
I joined her along, clapping my hand...

A blinding light forced me to close my eyes...
Then I woke up to a clear new morning...
Peeping through the white clouds down on me...
Like a gem, the sun rays were sparkling...

I felt my soul was as new as the morning...
My heart cleansed and pure and free...
They cured and consoled me even in a dream...
And I knew I was born again to me..











(Note: Pupu means Grandfather and Bobok means Grandmother in Manipuri/Meitei)