They stood with eager anticipation and impatience

Reflected in the shuffling of feet and roving gazes

That travelled to span the increasing throng with dismay

In every heart bloomed the amaranth of resplendent hope

In every eyes twinkled an unsatiated desire

On the altar of many pedestals of deities candles burned

As iridescent silent appeals for the realisation of a dream

With a golden penny held in the fist they stand amid an oasis of greenery

But neither the dew studded grass like bejeweled velvet of Nature

Nor the breath of the smiling flowers in full bloom in sunshine

Attracts the imagination of preoccupied hearts

In life hopes are trampled every day by remorseless feet of reality

Every day a dream dies in the eyes and is forgotten

With a sigh or a few dew drops of emotions flowing out

Every newborn day brings new anticipation and yearnings

But many are aborted yet again without flowering into reality

So when an eyelash shed on the cheek

Brings the promise of a desire fulfilled if blown in the messenger breeze

Or if a comet in the night sky is a way to realze dreams

If rainbows and clover leaves bring good fortune

Then in the world of insipid realities and harsh truths

The heart yearns to believe in miracles and to hope for them

So the long line of people fondling unrealized hopes

In the cradle of dreams and thoughts

Waiting to drop the coin with a whispered wish

In the well with the power to turn make dreams come alive

Another desperate attempt to attain a whimsical desire

Running after the mirage of vestigial legends of the past…