For the love of Fruits

It's the evening of Autumn;

and yet you eluded me

Have I not toiled painstakingly,

laboured unceasingly..

Standing up to challenges

battling  the cold winds

For a clear passage

into the threshold of my dreams?

And yet, , and yet

 you  remain an illusion

A chasing after wind....

What sorcery is this

 that created such a wasteland:

that incapacitates,

that led me wandering restless and unfulfilled-

the lifeless fields of desolation?!

What witchery  is this,

that turned fertile pastures

into destitute lands-

lifeless and worthless?

Barrenness!

You caused me to sweat and toiled

 day and night ..

You tire me out with naught

a fruit in sight!

Oh! that a single grain thrive

and  life be sprung!

Patience,  have I not eaten of your salt

and  turned to you in recourse?
Have I not drunk of your wisdom

and  waited patiently  for my season
to come ?
Alas!  you betrayed my trust,
 deracinate hope!

Would you- that  I yearn ,
that I lament  forever
the suppression of destiny
 till  justice rises and
Life  even up its scores? 

Dusk is gathering..light disappearing

Youth had  ridden away

All that is left, is  a broken frame

clutching  a  candle, burnt out

Wondering and questioning..

Evil, was it you who stole my mind

and created conflicts and confusion-

And in sorcery stifle my thoughts,

the fruits, the wonders, 
the lyrics of my soul ??.

Witchery,did you cause

dust  to consume my dreams

banishing self worth far from me?

Have you conspired to condemn me

to emptiness ...to nothingness, ...to poverty-

Stealing  the glory , the prize

of every sweat I've toiled

and want so much to achieve?

Would you mock my very existence

and hinder my dreams?

Oh, that He  intervenes

To end your wicked ways,

and cast asunder the evil tomb

that enslave me

Vanquished you- your  barren spells

and restore me, my rightful pastures ,

my blessed sanctuary...

My Eden, and  taste of the harvest,

the living concrete dream attained!!