On A Sleepless Night Poem by Seema Aarella

Everywhere I can feel,
Calmness, silence and loneliness.
Behind the shut doors,
In their warm beds, people are asleep.
What time it is? The end of night
Or beginning of the day,
I wonder why I did not sleep?

Sitting on my bed and
Looking out of my window
And feeling the cool breeze,
What a splendor it is.
A silent dark sky above
A much quite earth below,
I wonder where paradise is?

In wide spread branches of the trees
I can see the fluttering leaves
Electrified by wind’s sweet kiss
They danced to express their bliss.
Far were the coconut trees
Standing high,
Like they thrived to embrace the sky.
It was indeed a true delight
I wonder are they lovers of night?

Silence of night was broken
By the muttering cool breeze,
passing the coconut groove
With ease,
I could hear it whisper, vague words
Of some sort,
It stayed there unwilling to depart,
I wonder what the wind
Might have said for so long,
Was it some secret or did it sing a love song?
I wonder who created this magic?

Lovers of earth were at their best,
Even the sky was not at rest.
Little pieces of silver cloud
Passed through the dark road,
Like children wandering away from crowd,
I could see, one here and one there,
I wonder are they running away
From something or going somewhere?

A little one just passed my sight,
Like it was vagabond of night.
Following it came two more clouds,
Lovers they were I suppose
Hand in hand they hurried away,
Trying to hide before seen by day.
Love has enchanted every heart,
I wonder why only we are apart?