Wednesday, November 06, 2019

This and That


It was some kind of a maze
Grown to make one get lost
That was the whole purpose..
The lost, lonely, panicky feeling;
The thrill it offers.
The relief, the triumph 
When you steam through
The dead ends, 
The bare walls
That stand and greet you
Only to deceit you.
But he marched along, nevertheless
Holding the sister's hand, firmly, gently.
Trotting in a way 
His Four years on the planet
Kind of step back and wonder,
If they had counted themselves right!
I follow him armed with my DSLR
Trying to aid my heart's capture 
With supporting visuals.
He removes his shoes
And jumps into the corn pit
And stomps away.
I stop, to look at him
Wait till the eyes lock.
He holds the gaze a second longer.
Don't these kernels hurt your feet?
He looks at me and smiles
And looks through me, with a dusty gaze
Like I am a piece of glass, a sheet of paper.
He holds his sister's hand again
And replies 
"They hurt my feet, but not my walking"

I freeze.

And I gasp and sigh
on a piece of my screen
The depth of those words!!


Pictured - The Corn maze by the pumpkin patch. Somewhere in the Golden state.

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