Miles away I see a shining star, <br />But to reach there I need to cross a big war. <br />That war is my life which I often think about, <br />And stand in the middle of that battlefield filled with doubt. <br />Sometimes knives and spears pierce through me, <br />From that pain I’ve never been free. <br />I want to run away from that war and turn around, <br />Away from the violence and the loud sound. <br />But when I see that shining star miles away, <br /> The only thing that can make my life bright like the very day. <br /> I stand in between those barbarians with all my might, <br />Looking at the star my only delight. <br />Even if a spear goes through my heart, <br />From that star I can never part. <br />The soldiers asks me something that I can never do, <br />But they say I can, I can but I cannot so I remain gloomy and blue. <br />Oh my gracious God save me from this melancholy, <br />Because from this battlefield I cannot runaway or flee. <br />They ask me to change from a flower to a stone and then to vapour, <br />How is it possible because it is not of any sense or stature. <br />If I could I would have really tried to fly on the back of a giant butterfly, <br />Into the home of the stars up above very high. <br />Wouldn’t it be so nice to watch from there, <br />To look at the streams and rivers without any care. <br />But on earth I look at these with a fire inside my heart, <br />Its splendor and beauty it just cannot part. <br />But forgetting all these I look at that shining star everyday, <br />Shining brightly miles and miles away.<br /><br />Wini Jose<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/miles-away-15/
