Friday 5 October 2012

So much for my Solitude

From atop the Publications building,
The campus cloaked in dark velvet,
Pinpricks of cellphone lights pointing down,
EFLUites scampering hither and thither.

Me enjoying the bliss and the wind,
Eyes comfy without jabbing lights,
A bunch of Gazals to soothe my heart,
Sitting, God-like, watching EFL-U from above.

Stars twinkling up in the sky,
Silence slowly embracing me whole,
Into a trance state I almost reach,
Passing sweetly over to oblivion.

Suddenly
Invaders, trespassers, privacy thieves.
Noisy as toads, ravens, cicadas.
Giggle
Screech
Murmur
Pitter-patter
ViBRate
Ring-ring-ring
Jibber-Jabber
Jibber-Jabber
Loud

Shattering the vase of silence with a push.
Well,
So much for my Solitude.

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