Silent Speeches

1 | A Place I Do Not Know

The world lies before me, silent in sleep,

Not at all like the world whose noise would make me weep.

The sun shines far above me, the world lies far below,

And I'm stuck, hovering, in between, in a place I do not know.

After billions of wrong turns, and footing that I lost,

I'm here, at the finish line, after paying every cost.

There might have been some rest stops,

I might have been a little slow,

But now, I've reached the very top,

to a place I do not know

The journey has been tiring,

but that's held true for every one,

But now, I take my place here,

under the bright and shining sun,

No longer do I see the smoke of the only world I ever knew,

But now I see that very world , from a whole other point of view.

Now finally, at last, does my work bear any fruit

And I find myself, it seems, in a place of happiness and truth

Oh, this place, oh this wonderful place which feels now, long gone, dead

This place now only ever can exist deep in my head

The world with mean, angry siblings chasing you about

The world where even the smallest thing is another reason to shout

The world with crazy traffic jam, and streets covered in smoke,

A world whose utter ugliness could even make you choke

I didn't think about it at first - the where, the why or the when

But I know that when I go back down, it will never be the same again,

And now, I stand, gazing,

at all I ever loved, far below,

And I'm stuck here, helpless, out of reach,

in a place I do not know.