Dying momments

And finally you are here
My silent dim sunset
The journey of so many a year
Looking back a distance great
But I cannot see clear
Those early days of joys and fret
Heavy bags of school to bear
And a homework to rush and get

Jubilant days as a youngster
Some ideals then I did forget
A growing sense of responsibility to bear
Wedlock and a kid beget
Yet I have done my bit fair
Running through with the tide of Fate
Sitting with my conscience clear
Ups and downs I had to get

But then a firefly does linger
Glimpse of a thought to torment

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The Cat's Cry

In the place I knew and visited
So often and even rested
I wondered why I heard a cat's cry
As if trying to say some 'Hi'

I looked left and right 
But could not see a slight
No cat or whatever to see
Only imagined by me?

Yet I was sure as hell
And could swear or tell
That I had heard that sweet
Short like a bird's tweet

Ah! There it is once more
This time I am very sure
It's quite loud and plain
And coming again and again

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