Serendipity

In my hour of desolation

In my shining hour of grief

When I am beyond redemption

& my demons are unleashed

Cry me a river

Sing me a life

Preach me a dozen lies

Let me inside

Let the tears flood our afternoon

& drive away the gloom

Let us dance in this burning room

That will go down soon

& rebuild from the carnage

The promised bloom

Lost in the blue

Of your eyes

That promise me a sunrise

& love that was sung out loud

In the jungles of Vietnam

By soldiers long dead

& the promises they had made

To their lovers unsaid

-मंच