Fright

I was feeling very lonely

I was feeling very blue

So I went into the garden

To gaze at the pearly dew.

The stars up there, winked at me

Dawn wrapped me in its shawl

And as far as the eye could see

Only a cat jumped over the wall.

The dew-drops drew my attention then

As they gleamed like pearls from the grass

They reminded me of all great men

Who, through, the world’s dark lanes, had passed

I knew that the pearls would dry

In the heat of the morning sun

As I knew that men would die

In the whole world – one by one.

A shudder passed all over me

As I though of life and death

I could picturize a lonely tomb

With only a solitary wreath.

The menacing thoughts frightened me

And made me flee indoors

For, though he is free - man is imprisoned

By Life’s imposing doors.