IMAGINE

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Imagine,
A leaf,
Curled up in a ball,
Slowly,
Gradually,
Inconspicuously,
Opening up,
Stretching its crooked legs,
Till at that point,
It glides in the wind,
With no creases and folds,
As though pressed and starched with an iron,
Inhale,
Looking up to the heavens,
Singing halleluia.


Imagine,
An egg,
A sperm,
Conception,
With time,
A lesson of nature,
In full session,
Birth,
A girl
A boy,
A man
A woman,
You,
Me,
Family,
Tenets of,
The human constitution.


Imagine,
The rise and fall,
Your chest,
In motions,
Synchronized,
Civilized,
As though you were swimming,
Daydreaming,
An act removed from human being,
Like clockwork,
Always on time,
To the minutest minute.


Imagine,
Holding your breath at will,
Freely,
Without duress,
Then comes a lull in time,
Motion then begins to slow
To a trickle,
As though saying,
Oh man!! Thou are fickle,
The chest,
Your chest,
Begins to swell,
A revolt begins from within,
Tearing you up,
From deep within
The eyes,
Your eyes,
The windows,
Those peepholes,
Begin to well up,
Standing at the point of tears,
Knees,
In creases, creaking
Buckling,
Just like an overweight sapling,
A face, your face,
Through phases of colour,
Yellow, orange,
You begin to redden,
Ears ringing,
Life begins to echo,
Tingling,
A sensation in your toes,
Then for some reason,
An inexplicable reason,
Slowly the bulge,
That bulge in your chest,
Begins to wiggle,
It trickles,
Life in slow motion,
Beautiful emotion,
Peaceful,
As though on cue,
You begin to breathe.


Imagine,
A clock,
It ticks,
It tocks,
Over and over again,
Moving two full circles,
Everyday,
In 24,
We always have night and day,
At some point,
The other must give way,
It’s neither your will nor mine,
We all give way,
Now that’s a fact,
It’s set in stone,
We’re all just walking nature’s way,
Someday, we shall all pass away,
Oh life,
You can do so much more,
Imagine.