Hang In There!

There are times,

When for many days 

And Nights,

The cold shrouds you, and the chill hurts 

Your bone.

Long days of wait,

When the Sun doesn't stride up

His celestial journeys across the horizon

And the clouds refuse to clear off

They leave you so numb,

And worn

It makes you wonder  

If this gloom shall ever pass!

But don't let go of your smile,

Or, the song in your breath,

For when the winds shall change course, 

And the silver moon take to the skies again,

She'd come looking for you 

To the same old green velvet,

To peck a soft kiss on her most loved one!

Hang in there! 

There would be days

When the waves recede the shores 

And, leave you far behind

Tucked away in the sand

And stuck deep, to even move an inch!

The longer they are away,

The more they make you weak, and frail

And an eerie thought sets in

Would I ever make it to sail!

But stay strong, and wear your smile,

Be firm inside,

For when the tides shall return,

They'll be back with just one hope 

To fetch you back to where you belong!

Hang in there!

There are days,

Weeks, sometimes months

When with the sun going down,

You force yourself to the used -

Walk up to where the stream once flowed

Sit by for hours

Scanning the pebbles, by turn

Day after day,

To be friends with them

As if to know by the smell, or the touch 

Of each pebble -

That's now bed of the dried up stream.

Don't forget the worn path to the stream,

Keep nursing the belief in you,

For when the clouds bring rain to the hills

The stream shall come rolling  

Rattling merrily over the pebbles,

She'd come looking for you 

To bring back the smile to your eyes, 

And to heart's content!

Hang in there!

© Sashikant Mohanty