The Visions of Childhood
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1) He saw the luminous faces of fairy girls
Floating through clouds of mother-of-pearl
Over the starry boughs like glow-worms bright
Scattering colorful showers- a heavenly sight;
Absorbed in his musings like a fish under the deep
A blissful state unlike our restless sleep;
A pristine sense of purity nearer to heaven
The child enjoys in worlds beyond our ken.
2) Gargantuan monsters raging wild
Quick-jerked his sleep and loudly cried
With blood-shot bulging eyes and flaming hair
Pouncing like snarling beasts as if to tear
With sharp-curved fangs and projecting jaws
With dreadful threatening dagger-like claws;
A tangled maze of nightmares made him scream.
Impact of distant past moulded in dreams?
3) The fluttering wings with spotted colors agile
Making tossing blossoms respond with fragrant smile;
Swinging on branches monkeys display
Cute acrobatic skills in playful way;
Striped squirrels munching nuts and seeds
With shining sable eyes like crystal beads:
The throb of life he feels in soft cool green
Pure sensations of innocence serene.
4) Riding with joy upon his rocking steed
His mind entered new realms with speed
Unaware of distance he had covered
New lands unseen his mind discovered
The rolling wheel and leaping paper kite
The whirling top and marbles-a merry sight!
The leaping puppets and merry-go-round
5) A horde of pleasures in everything he found.
The steaming engine spouting clouds of smoke
Moving pistons and wheels with rhythmic stroke
A running marvel on the gleaming steel
A vibrant gush of speeding mirth to feel
He wished to drive that gigantic wonder
Carrying so many with roaring thunder
Passing through different lands and bridges along
Waving to people with shrill whistling song.
6) The thrilling flight of whizzing bird in skies :
With broad spread wings and majestic rise
From earth to sky with propelling speed
Man's miraculous invention indeed
Gliding through space with uninterrupted flow
Giving a painted picture of the earth below;
On fancy's wings he wishes upward to ride
Piloting the magic machine with pride.
7) Deeply engrossed in worldly pretty charms
He faintly remembered the celestial forms
Dim images in slumber he revived
Bygone events remote no more survived
In childhood games and pleasures his senses glued
Nature's treasures abundant his joys renewed
Unaware of deeper complexities within
Untouched by snares and deeper shades of sin.
8) His selfless effulgence he felt undimmed by worry
Retained those blissful moments of spotless glory
Bonds of egoistic self though narrowed down
Seeds of divinity one can't disown;
His soul shines still though mild like sunny light
Beaming through mist momentary flashes bright;
Truth and innocence his simple nature reveals
The heavenly visions of childhood still he feels.
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SOMA GUTALA
1st October, 2012
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