The gentle, cool breeze caressed past <br />Aromas of a thousand flowers tantalising thick and fast. <br />Frozen - I stood rooted, overwhelmed - aghast <br />Unable to perceive right from wrong <br />Oh! How long – Oh! How long <br />Whence the time would be forever lost. <br /> <br />Heavens came my way <br />But tides kept me astray <br />Alas! Such was their power. <br />A deluge, not a trickle or a shower. <br /> <br />How I now wish <br />The clock had stood still <br />I could’ve clasped those precious moments <br />Before my life just withered
