For An Interim

How I wish to be an eagle Perched on a promontory Gazing idly at the world from a distance To get lost in the vastness around me In the stillness of this place Let me toss away all my cares And watch the curls of smoke Rising from my snuffed out dreams Action is now perdition for me, Human company, lacerating pain! Let me whisk away, From the world of din, A few moments of privacy And stay awhile in loneliness, It being my sole companion now Not for long, Not till sleep claims me To redeem me of all my blues! No… never… But just for a while, (Now and then, all of us Need some space away from the crowd I am never an escapist To stealthily run away from life But I badly need a little quiet now To straighten my mangled nerves!