Locked in the dungeons of the past, pleading to be freed, are my sweet childhood memories!
But the golden key sloshes along the ruthless stony brook of time, cascading through the harsh realities of life…
Far from my reach… never, to be found again!
Though disconsolate and crestfallen, I gape through the window of hope yearning to defy the inevitable, to relive the moments…
Oh, what would I give to have them back!
Rummaging through my notebook of recollections, I stumble upon a few…
Of how I recited nursery poems and sang hymns to my eager and ever-appreciative audience…
Strolled through those blooming gardens at dawn, plucking and picking flowers with my grandpa…
Reading out to him the adventures of Robin Hood & Tarzan during summer holidays, too excited to discover what fate would befall them…
And listening to the countless fables, fairy tales and legends umpteen times, every time with unflinching avid curiosity!
I keep bustling along my memories galore!
But…time defeats me here as well…
And thwacks me back into the crude present with a paroxysm of despair!
