under a spell..

I look above the dark sky, twinkling stars & down the lonely streets and all too familiar lanes. Magic of the moonlight sweeps over me, bewitches me. My heart at peace, mind still full of the day’s events and body exhausted. I stand by the balcony…….. staring at something unseen…..trying to hear something unheard. There is a strange calmness everywhere as if the night is under a spell……..!! a cold shiver runs down my spine and I go back to my room.
Inside, there is darkness, illuminated by the light from the computer, a silence broken only by the ticking of the wall-clock. My bed seems ready to devour me but sleep is the last thing on my mind. The spell is not yet broken…...…
A tide of emotions come rushing out . I never knew of possessing such emotions. In this midnight hour, why this sudden gust of feelings? My heart is heavy, I know not why. I feel as if I’ve lost something and am looking for it. But what.......?
The strange fact is that amidst the past 22 years, today suddenly I am looking for my lost childhood. Those merriful days when laughter bubbled in young hearts and fantasy filled clouds would float, when sleep came ushered by mamma’s lullaby........
I wish to retrace my path & grasp those days..but they fly by, they elude me. As if I’ve come a long long way through the winding paths of life. Like a kaleidoscope the bitter-sweet memories of yesteryears come reflecting back to my mind...

Its been a long day today!! Have lots of work to do .. cant spare the time to fall back into the past.. I must go!!!