A Wish

She woke up from an enticing slumber

feeling disoriented,
for the last night bore the memories
of the daunting past,
and had she sung a sweet lullaby

to invite sleep in her bed.
Soberness now possessed her body
as she carried her disposition
to the mirror and sprinkled water on her pallor face
"I will not give up"- her soul had uttered.
the air of assurance she wore
she stepped out of her battered building
somehow tried to break those invisible four walls of monotony
that surrounded her, had no visitors.
Her eyes pierced through the mist to see an untrodden path
and had she fought her will not to take it,

the fear of unknown could not slay her curiosity,aroused to its peak,

fearless was she of anything anymore,

Her soul bewitched as she trod that unfamiliar path

that ended in a wood.

She stopped as her eyes scanned the view so magnificent

A breeze swept her hair across her face,

a flowery fragrance she inhaled

only to open her eyes to see trees wearing a colorful splendor

and the sun rays penetrated into the forest

offered an outrageous lustre to the vicinity

that had a vesture of every shade of green

a sense of peace engulfed her mind and soul,

the world has come to a stand still,

Then from the corner of eye, emerged a butterfly, then another,

the latter fluttered its wings, sat on her shoulder,

a company so mesmerizing she now had,

walked the path laden with flowers, happy to have a pedestrian,

She heard the chirping of birds turning into an euphony

reciting a new tale of glory she deserved,

everything she would now have that lacked before,

the ghosts of past, dissolved in the intoxicated air,

no longer chased her.

Under a tree she sat, conjured her newly found faith

to reach for her dreams, had once seemed unreachable.

Her eyes felt heavy, drowning her in sleep

Growing profound with every second ticking off,

Awakened by the flirtatious wind, she stood up

gathered her senses, headed back to her abode

as the dark started to take over the city,

There she stood, on terrace,

staring at the moonlit sky, the glaring stars,

her eyes digging into the unfathomable unlit skies

trying to perceive what future withheld, a futile endeavor.

Then she caught a glimpse of a shooting star

illuminating its path in the benighted sky

she shuts her eyes and makes a "WISH".