Miles Away Poem by Wini Jose

Miles away I see a shining star,
But to reach there I need to cross a big war.
That war is my life which I often think about,
And stand in the middle of that battlefield filled with doubt.
Sometimes knives and spears pierce through me,
From that pain I’ve never been free.
I want to run away from that war and turn around,
Away from the violence and the loud sound.
But when I see that shining star miles away,
The only thing that can make my life bright like the very day.
I stand in between those barbarians with all my might,
Looking at the star my only delight.
Even if a spear goes through my heart,
From that star I can never part.
The soldiers asks me something that I can never do,
But they say I can, I can but I cannot so I remain gloomy and blue.
Oh my gracious God save me from this melancholy,
Because from this battlefield I cannot runaway or flee.
They ask me to change from a flower to a stone and then to vapour,
How is it possible because it is not of any sense or stature.
If I could I would have really tried to fly on the back of a giant butterfly,
Into the home of the stars up above very high.
Wouldn’t it be so nice to watch from there,
To look at the streams and rivers without any care.
But on earth I look at these with a fire inside my heart,
Its splendor and beauty it just cannot part.
But forgetting all these I look at that shining star everyday,
Shining brightly miles and miles away.