Sound of Silence

It hounds me, my lonely self
Amidst grey towering concrete
All glitter, glamour, show of wealth
Shadow keeps me by, the hollow street

Wading through the desert sand
Waves of thoughts, ocean the mind
All earned and lost, empty hand
Past, in the eyes re-wind

The rainbow hue, the moon-lit night
The blossoming flower, the naughty stream,
Thundering clouds, the lightening strike,
Mountains and valleys, through all been

Scaled the peaks, oceans and seas, no bound
by my side, the lovely eyes - your crown,
Then destiny struck, blessing sorrow profound
In the deafening Sound of Silence, I drown


- Piyush Kumar Srivastava
December 18, 2001, Provo