Slow-motion

I want to stand still for a moment,

look at all that's passing me by.

I want to inhale the scent of blossoming roses,

intoxicate myself with the fragrance of their freshness.

I want to stare at the gleaming stars,

admire their beauty amid the darkness all around.

I want to walk into the night,

feel the solace of its tranquility.

I want to smell the grass early in the morning,

freshly moistened by the cold winter dew.

I want to dance around in the rain,

splattering and spraying the droplets of joy.

I want to play along with a child,

enjoy the life he breathes into the game.

I want to find the joy in the small things in life,

which I've lost in my pursuit of material happiness.

I want to be in slow motion for just a little while,

much of my life is to quickly pass me by.

The final act....

There he was on the center stage,

one last time.

He was conscious of the huge audience,

just like his first stage appearance.

The legs still didn't miss a tremble,

every time he had to face them.

Hundreds of eyes focused on his every movement,

one step wrong and they would devour him with their laughter.

The first dialogue still came with a stutter,

yet increased his confidence manifold.

He was playing the part of a melancholy man,

a man who had lost everything his life had stood for.

It should have been just another day in the office,

he had done plenty of roles of a similar type.

Yet, something was different this time round,

he could just feel it was not the same.

He was going to miss the stage,

the stares, the laughter, the applause.

He was going to miss the drama,

the lights, the music, the emotion.

The dialogues soaked with his sadness,

the expression made stronger by his emotion.

And as he spoke the last dialogue before the curtain came down,

he did not want to give into his heavy heart.

Yet, the next moment he was crying his heart out,

as the audience was standing in applause, shouting for an encore.

Life would have been so simple....

Life would have been so simple,

if only I could be a kid once again.

Running, playing and falling all around,

loving the joy and not caring for the pain.

Life would have been so simple,

if only I could go to school once more.

I miss the fun and frolic,

of what once appeared to be a bore.

Life would have been so simple,

if only I had my parents around me.

The care, the love, the selfless devotion,

giving me the freedom to just be.

Life would have been so simple,

if only college had never ended.

The pun, the quarrels, the fights,

yet in the end no one was left offended.

Life would have been so simple,

if only I had all my friends here.

Enjoying all the good times together,

for the world we wouldn't care.

Life would have been so simple,

if only time would not have passed by so fast.

Living each moment for an eternity,

forever I would make it last.

Life would have been so simple,

if only I could go back once again.

To the time when I used be happy the whole day,

when there was no time to waste on sorrow and pain.