The play of the clouds

Author: Preeti S Patnaik


Have you felt the clouds gather?
First around you it makes a film
Then it makes a home within
Oh! Have you ever wished for the sun’s glamour?


I saw the darkness around me, like a masquerade
And was sure it would surge and lash
The spirit inside and I could feel myself lapse
Oh! How I wished to be a liberated from the opaque


I would worry over the nothings
It made me anxious without a reason
Frightened I was of my own shadow’s season
Oh! How I wished if I could get away from the smothering


To get up and feel like it was doomsday
To be sad when I wanted to smile
To pray everyday that I would not be irate
Oh! That feeling that I am not as good as I was someday


What would I need to be happy?
I knew the key was held by me
Somewhere along my life’s journey
Oh! I had forgotten how to be joyful


And then with some resolve to be jubilant
I counted my blessings and I wanted relief
The remedies gave the succour and in myself a belief
Oh! I could see the some rays golden


Now as I work restore myself; my worth, clear my doubt
I am elated and in me there is pride
The dark clouds do come by, but now I know it will shine
Oh! Now that I see the sun, I can battle the cloud


So if you see the clouds come by
Tell you nears and dears,
They will hold you in the clear
Oh! And remember you hold the key to make the clouds shy