Nature’s Music Poem by Romesh De Silva

I Sit and peer through the window
Trapped behind tainted glass
Watching the world dance, dance with class
Shapes forming pictures in the dark
The wind playing music, track one, track two
Play, stop, start
Clouds and the trees begin to sway and chant
My body motionless, eyes in an epic trance
A lonely smile enters my face
I slam open the window, it’s the music my skin wants to taste
Once outside, the atmosphere electrified
My arms outstretched I have nothing to tell, nothing to confess
My soul is sin-free
I’m naked, I can finally breathe easy
Wind stops playing, clouds and trees stop swaying
I continue to spin
Round and round
In my head I blissfully sing
I open my mouth and stick out my tongue
Drops of words caught and sung
It’s raining lyrics
I am drenched from head to toe
It’s a musical, my life on show
Once again the trees start to groove, wind plays music to suit the mood
Bolts of light strike me down
Slow motion falling, my sight is sound
I lay lifeless, eyes peering through the window
Through the tainted glass
Faceless expressions of my dark and lonely past.

July 2006