Beyond...

As a result of a bit of encouragement, I looked around my comp to see if I had any of my poetry still around. I was pleasantly surprised to see a vaguely familiar doc file in a vaguely familiar folder...
I had written this one back in my second year, with the hope of getting it published in Alankar,
which to this day remains an unfulfilled desire.

(read aloud for best effect... and pardon if it sounds a bit cheesy...2nd year tha yaar!)


BEYOND


“Beyond the hill lies riches untold,
Diamonds, rubies, emerald and gold,
Beyond the hill lies beauty unbound,
Roses and tulips run every mound.”,

“Beyond the hill lies a great desert,
Look for gold and you’ll find dirt,
Beyond the hill lives Death alone,
Miles can be heard Decay’s drone”,

“What you feel is fear of unknown,
Wisdom isn’t found staying at home,
If you daren’t look beyond the hill,
You shall be Ignorance’s kill.”,

“What you feel is Temptation wild,
She is nothing but Devil’s child,
Mirages are far and never near,
Do not name my prudence, fear”,

“I cannot argue with those in a well,
Who stay fallen once fell,
Who look at the sky and dream sweet,
But daren’t ever to move their feet,
True I tempt me with riches yet unseen,
Truer yet, I may face troubles mean,
But I shall run and I shall climb,
And look and search till end of time
No words of yours can change my mind,
My reward lies in my struggle to find.”