Friend Up There

Someone’s calling me…. I hear a faint echo,
Beckons me to stop, leave everything and let go.

“Come up here!!” the voice says,
The view was clearer and paths visible, said he, from up where he stays.

“You are up against a wall,” he laughed,” It aint a door, that’s where the whole thing ends!”
“Turn back a little, take up that yonder path, O Yes! The point where you thought it to be dead-end, that’s where it bends.”

I followed it.

“Come on over! Don’t be scared if its dark and silent.”
“It’s a straight path to me now, trust me! Close your eyes and walk as you listen to my voice, that is for what they are meant!”

“You shall feel lonely and anxious. Stay calm! Yes! It’s a situation you’ve never dealt.”
“Forget who you are, let go of all fear and worry… keep moving step by step. Its okay, I know what you feel like for this is how even I felt!”

The voice became clearer with my ascending steps.
The more I focused on the voice, the more I forgot the steps.

I trusted in him and kept my eyes closed even though the anxiety was high.
It felt amazing as I felt free, I believed I was so light that any moment I’d begin to fly.

I heard him laugh as I spread arms imagining them as wings.
He said,” Come up here faster, I need to show you much better things!”

‘May I open up my eyes, I wish to see you,” I requested him.
Strange came the answer,” You are a free soul here with a free will and whim!”

His voice was so clear now, he must be very near….
I decide to keep my eyes closed and listen, out of some unknown fear.

I spur,” This place feels so exciting. Since when have you been here?”
He chuckled,” Hmm… Ever since you heard me first, logically speaking my dear!”

Copyright ©2008 Amit Sharma