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A Delusion or a Hallucination?
I caught her glimpse –
She was standing in the corner
Of the crowded room.
We had been staring at each other since,
Under the serene moon
Many questions struck me—
Should I approach her?
How should I greet her?
Would she think of me,
As a gentleman or a stalker?
Immersed in my thoughts
Of anticipation
Feeling nothing
But perturbation.
Anxiety had caused my head to droop
With my eyes fixed on the land.
When suddenly on my shoulder,
I felt a hand,
Right in front of me, she stood.
Donning her as elegant as ever look
I was carried by the heavenly flight she took
To a heavenly palace.
And she asked me
“Will you be my Adonis
And dance with me?”
The palace was soaked in quietness.
Her beauty had lifted all my goals.
Now I and she were the only souls,
In the alluring palace,
that granted me calmness.
My tensed look dissolved
And paved a way for a smile,
With all my sadness and problems resolved,
We could’ve danced for the whole night.
With ecstasy elevating inside me,
The surroundings posing serendipity.
We grabbed our arms
And she assured me,
That she would be happy to dance
Till eternity.
We were dancing and dancing
Under the sparkling beauty of the moon.
And laughing and laughing,
Making the best out of the moment
That wasn’t going to end soon.
But suddenly I saw a packed crowd
And the moon hid shyly
Behind a thick dark cloud.
Though I was still dancing nicely
But the palace had disappeared
And she was nowhere to be found.
I was back in the same room
And yet again after a strenuous search
I caught her glimpse –
She now stood in another corner,
Of the same room.
I pinched myself
To assure it wasn’t a dream
And as I assured myself
That it wasn’t a dream,
Unexpectedly erupted from me,
A scream.
I searched for a reason,
In my bewildered mind
That had led to that situation,
Unique to its kind.
But I couldn’t reach a conclusion,
If that confusion,
Was caused by my delusion,
Or if it was a repercussion
Of a lover’s hallucination.
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