The Destination.....

I dreamt a dream last night,

Driving all the way, to my delight,

No stops, no hurdles, the journey is on,

Flying high, humming my favorite song,

Till my path crosses with an old man’s,

His face full of smile,

Grappling to stand with his stick,

My pace pauses for a while.

Shabby dress, unkempt hair,
I just look to the stranger,
Never did I know ,
That he is not so meager,
In brilliant thoughts , sparkling eyes,
Sky - high imagination,
‘Could you please take me along’-
Was his only expectation.
Going past the roads, the fields ,
The rivers n the sea swirls,
The paradise so glam n gaudy,
I leap up with a fervor.


‘Do U know your destination?’
The question thrown to me,
Startled n bridled,
Neither could I free,
From all those jumbled thoughts,
I took it very easy,
‘Never so, think for a while,
Before it gets to be messy’.
As if he could read my eyes,
Felt the strike of the thunder,
Looked perplexed, lost in thoughts,
Didn’t have any answer.

‘Set your goal, think through the path ,
It could be rough n tough,
Struggle n suffer, explore all,
Finally you would laugh,
Wage the war, surf the waves ,
Though bleak to make you bleed,
Live a life, do not give up,
Never ever sneak……’.


The voice echoes on n on,
Even the dawn cracks,
Awaken, amazed, buffet of thoughts,
Marched up in the stacks - ;
Of my memory, of my horizon,
The journey I embarked on,
Was mere a dream, thought to myself,
Still left the mark on,
Contemplative , his golden words
I can strongly correlate,
To reaching my goal , to strike the chord -
A need to ideate n innovate.