Was it a dream

Was it a dream

It was so beautiful
Was it a dream?
As you stood
Framed in the aura
Of a shimmering sea
Your figure glistened
On the silvery rock
A rare nymph
Of the mystic sea
On a pedestal of glory
Outlined on a golden disc
Moon looking at the moon

As you saw me
Little stars danced
In your large luminous eyes
And lit up my being
With joyous rapture
No visions can capture
Hand in hand we stood
Words were too loud
For the pulse-songs

On the soft sands
We chase each other
Like fond waves
Rushing to kiss the moon
Panting we lay
Face to face
Our bodies wet with spray
Till lost in a haze
We explored
Moments of joy

In a dream of love
And the stars jaded
Into grey dawn
Of our last night together.

We looked back
Our beings were there
In our body imprints
On the white sand
Tears filled your eyes
Those pearls of love
Lit up your face
With a pensive light
Silently you kissed me goodbye
Never to come back again.

On every full moon
My being is transported
To the shores of remembrance
And I keep awake
In endless vigils
To see that great vision
Change into beauty again
In some mystic way
As once was changed
Into a vision
For that moment of destiny
I shall wait a thousand lives
Till we meet
In a world
Where the moon never sets
And there is no goodbye.

- M.Yusuf Abbasi -