melody

as i lay awake and counted stars,
one scarlet night my mind waging wars!
in a twilight when most thoughts thrive,
i saw my life in stages of five!

as each life extends as each mind evolves as promises pile up as many wishes heap!
short though these phases they taught me a lesson each!
as i lay awake in the scarlet splendour, some soft melody it echoed in my head!


i clapped in glee when i first found speech!
i gasped in wonder as my wants were now within reach!
as i lay awake that scarlet night, a soft melody echoed in my head!


i twirled, i laughed, i skipped in the lawn.
i fell and i hurt but i smiled every dawn!
as i lay awake that scarlet night, a soft melody, it echoed in my head!

i grew, i tumbled, i discovered much.
i fell but i fret and sighed such!
as i lay awake that scarlet night, a soft melody echoed in my head!

i learnt of love and hurt and winced,
a simple kiss those sores, they rinsed!
of broken dreams and of bitter spite,
i was taught to bear in search of a right!
of backfired vows and hapless plight,
of pushing to rise toward a light!
as i lay awake that scarlet night, a soft melody echoed in my head!

now as i lay, thoughts warring in my mind,
i hope, i thrill, i pray i promise!
i look for the drive, that one certain beam,
the struggle, the sweat, behind so much dream!

i turn again to the velvet darks,
instead, a golden orb it shimmers and sparks!!
as i smile, as i sigh, as i lay awake that orange dawn, a soft melody echoed in my head!

every whisper, every fear, every hope, every win, every pain, every memory;
each a unique sound, each a choice tune, each a special song.

and so as i smile, as i sigh, as i lay awake,
a soft melody echoed in my head! soft melody echoed in my head!