Not so long ago, I perceived <br />The soft sound of your approaching footsteps <br />Closing in from somewhere behind the mist <br />But before I could glimpse your silhouette <br />It faded away in an instant <br />Confounding me <br />Thus making me believe <br />The intuition I had <br />Was nothing but <br />A mere figment of my imagination. <br /> <br />Not so long ago, I sensed <br />The faint whiff of your fragrance <br />Drawing near, riding on the North-East wind <br />But before it could seep into my being <br />It disappeared into nothingness <br />Like a teardrop <br />Vanishing from the hollow of my eyes <br />Leaving just an empty trail <br />Thus making me acquiesce <br />The dreams I had so delicately woven <br />With the fragile thread of tender anticipation <br />Were irrevocably condemned to be shattered. <br /> <br />Not so long ago, I discerned <br />The indistinct presence of your shadow <br />Walking by my side on the moonlit nights <br />But before it could attain a substantial distinctness <br />It transpired as just another illusion <br />Melting away into oblivion all at once <br />Leaving behind nothing but <br />A frigid loneliness <br />To chafe and deepen the fresh lesions <br />Inflicted by Time’s scythe. <br /> <br />Just when I had concluded <br />With an absolute sense of finality <br />That I was doomed <br />To plummet irretrievably <br />Into the murky depths of despair <br />From where none could ever redeem me <br />A warm smile on your loving face <br />And a tender touch of your hand <br />Breathed new life into me. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />27th August 2009<br /><br />asma bahrainwala<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/delusion-quelled/
