Reeling Back Into 2005

And the sun sets on yet another year.
Tucking it away
in the storehouse of memories.
One of the most riveting
and gripping.
Moments seeking sojourn in my memoir
sated with aide-memoires
that’ll haps set a trail of mellow champagne clouds
in my sunset days,
back to today, yesterday, thus far…

Some of them I shall revere for life
A few, leave out in the smoldering sun
to dry their soggy coats
to preserve till time lasts, or maybe char…
(as the case might be!)
And dispose of those
that have lived beyond their temper to console
and now sting,
with the folding edges of crackling crispness
that only a dry heart can rally…

Bumped into, connected with,
and chanced upon a few
Some tied down to terra firma
by the sheer weight of sensibilities
some uber-cool, some not so…
each deepened the sensitivity of my taste buds
(that savor life)
either by coating me
in the luxuriant richness of sweetness
or, by lending the dark, acrid taste of
chocolate gone bad…

Been a time of revelations.
Chance discoveries,
unclothing of self, unfolding of others…
Unveiling masks,
and stumbling upon piercing shafts of light
with the subtle shifts of pretenses
Bonds testing the tensile strength
of my endurance, love.

Faith lost its lane
And then, of its own accord, revisited.
Just like that.