If we knew then what we know now
That there were worms in their warmth
That woes and twinges awaited us
When we began to chart roadmaps to the Dream
We would have pleated our daydreams at home.
If we knew then what we know now
That their sunlight was cold, I mean cold
That even crickets have arthritis in the world
These fingers would’ve caught the frown on our faces
And told impatience to wait for our crops to bear fruits
Strange we never prized the music at home
Till the sweet-voiced birds had flown
And I wonder if we could gather up again
The sunbeams lying in the dust on our village lanes
And cast out snaring alien thorns into the Big Flame?
Can we find sweet comfort again
At the ‘place we call Home’ and gather
Blessings in sweeter accents from lips
Now with the seal of silence
And hidden behind portals of the ossuary?
If only you know the pain you feel inside
If only you could see the tears you cry at night
If only you could hear your hopes loud
And all your dreams dying, maybe then
You'd understand, how much you miss You