three words

Trapped in my body

as I reached for the stars

did I want this that bad

or had I gone too far in a bid

to reclaim a lost dream

from savages and screams

over the rooftops and cities

my mind could only feel

the pungent air of loss and disbelief

"where to, oh stranger", asked

the limbless figure on the platform.

"are you leaving the city

or visiting the hall of

seemingly endless possibilities,"

"One of fame and fortune

and of gold and diamonds,

is that the journey you wish

to take,

or is it something else that brings you here."

i stared in silence, i couldnt speak,

i saw the

hundred images that brought me here

but didnt see the one

that would make me leave.

i tried so hard, with tears and without

but the only image i kept seeing was one of doubt,

one with the

dark oily corners of the world,

where the kings roamed in

fire and ash only to be burnt.

i saw them go, but never return

wasnt this the sort

of victory i despised?

as i turned towards her to reply

there dropped in front of me

two visions, both in the east.

In one i saw peace, of bliss and no disease,

the other though was grey, of equal black

and white, where the sun and the moon both

had their share of day and night.

i had both in my hands, though only

one i could carry with me, she said.

which would it be, or would you

burn before you knew how it ends.

i closed my eyes

and swam the million miles

to reach the shores and feel wet

in the colors of my dreams

as i stood, there came a smile,

i finally knew

the choice i wanted to make,

how did you, she asked

give up the bliss

and go for the grey.

i said three words that

made me swear, never to take

a perilous journey like this again.

she was there.