【Bygone Pages】
I searched the diary,
Even looked in the drawer.
"How can someone be so heedless " ?
I roar.
"I'll compose them again", I said
And everything will be fine.
Instantly the heart sighs, Coz
those were the earliest poems of mine.
Then this idea popped ,
"Hey why don't I check my siblings' bags "
After a minute I realized ,
Their stuff is already transformed into rags.
Now, am running and running you see ,
To find those bygone pages of me.
Panting I stop then take a deep breathe,
Sitting before the window
Am trying myself to ease.
Be seated I pensive
A tree against the home,
Few old leaves are still on it
While the most(leaves) are gone.
I notice how the leaves be fallen
And how the stem be rise?
Wondering this I turned, and
Mirror is caught by my eyes.
I ask myself why I left those poems incomplete ,
Now when I can't find them ,
Who it is am trying to compete?
Gone are those thoughts with the pages
And gone is that glee,
But like those few left old leaves
I too can find those bygone pages within me...
- Zilch
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