Pebbles and Sand

Pebbles and sand, of togetherness and companionship

Lay scattered along the pathway, unattended;

Dreams and promises, raising its thorny challenges;

days ,months and years, all  pass by uncounted.

Schooldays rolled by in a flicker, with bright hopes hopping beside

lurking desires couched with fear, a distant domain un chartered yet

Unwritten poems and half finished letters, heaps of sighs and a drop or two

Lay buried inside less read books and agony of an unseen future.

Manhood by the wayside, beauty became bountiful

Saga of broken hearts and rosy lips, all seemed so common

Rejection and failures, had to be taken in one’s stride

one grew stronger by the day and yet looked ahead.

Made in heaven is what the scriptures read, no one has a say

Providence showered and love burgeoned, while unknown hearts

yearns for empathy and lust finds a safe haven,

two souls met in ecstasy and tread a path ahead.

Eternal bliss as some one said, brought back hopes of solace

Success and failures all seem rhythmical in a pattern

Time and place, nothing has changed and none seems to change

Except the stage,  settings and the players, next.