Stolen Moments

It's amazing how lonely you can feel even when surrounded by hundreds of people. I had a similar feeling in the lecture theatre complex last week. Suddenly the outside world shuts down and all you are left with is the silence knocking against your heartbeat. It feels as if you are stealing those moments from your life. A feeling similar in nature prompted this small lyric


The fragnance of the flowers beckoned me,
the colours played and toyed with me.
The wispering winds tickled and urged me
while the compelling beauty pushed away the guilt.
I faltered and i stopped.

I stopped, forsaking my given duty,
i stopped to kiss the rampant beauty.
I stopped to dance in the rain,
i stopped to laugh in pain.
I stopped to play with childrens' toy
i stopped to share someone else's joy.
I hopped, i jumped, i skipped a stone,
i wasn't in a crowd, i wasn't alone.
I smiled for no apparent reason,
but what i had done was no small a treason.

A couple of onlookers were jeering at me.
That was when i knew i was caught in the strife.
Time had caught me red handed
and i was caught stealing moments from my life.