To Whom I Owe.... Poem by srivathsan murali

Looking into the past,
i found darkness even at the mast.
With my friends i did revive,
now without them i cant survive.

Looking into the past,
i was lonely all the time.
thought that it was the last,
the sounds of friends were a chime.

Looking into the past,
i tremble with fear,
the time without a peer,
when i felt as if i was an outcast.

I did find myself alone,
back then, it was an endless racetrack.
I can't think of returning back.
To me, my friends came as a keystone.

Where ever i did go,
Some shooed me into the darkness.
My FRIENDS brought me into light.
My LIFE they did rewrite.
This FRIENDSHIP is ageless.
To them, my LIFE i owe....

(3rd July 2009/ Chennai-India)