Star And Moon

It was nearly midnight Of a day of such a hectic November Bringing winter, weddings, charity And many events I could remember Up above me a clear cloudless sky Forming a constellation spectacular Stars together were showcasing their glamour and beauty Moonstruck I looked up, in celestial grandeur She was lighting the whole sky magnificently Sky, stars, and the moon under Whose deathless charm and astounding veracity Like a contented being earth was more cordial than ever Making a pavement kindlier for my feet drowsy So that I could be home safe and happy at this late hour And see in children's eyes no restlessness and anxiety And in mom's eyes no displeasure and anger And in wife's eyes no bitterness and acrimony Happily I was home and within no time we were seated for The dinner under way when the clock struck twelve precisely Then while partaking of meals we heard someone knocking at the door Oh, who is it at this hour I asked quietly Silence after silence followed with no answer And we each as a signal for silence touched the other's arm instinctively Until a break from inarticulateness surprised us with something uttered indistinct and unclear Though frightened and helpless holding my head high I walked unto the door eagerly And asked repeatedly who is it and what do you want and who is there When seemed stretching on long and wearisome interminably With no answer, we alerted neighbors and police to interfere Along muted rumblings and crashes that slowly died away Then came up a voice broken and mutilated to warrant further conjectures When things got too hot for him and he had to move or be nabbed, police was nearby There were trillion lights in the sky and smiling was the moon brighter Beneath whose shimmering light and coolness was standing a frail and bruised and withered young man unarmed and fearful and frightfully Asking for a glass of water though his eyes said more than that I could not decipher People pushed him, slapped his face and called him by unpleasant names scornfully When it seemed stars were not as twinkling as before And the moon had left the night sky sojourning to another sky While I served him a bottle of water and a blanket and police whisked him away into the blackness of night solemn where I could see full of stars in his eyes and moon sleeping wistfully And amid facades and alibis I couldn't comprehend his maneuver as not simple it looked as his manner