I climb
Up on the highest mountain
Hoping to see the beauty
The beauty I've always wanted to see
My mother has always narrated
But as I go higher and higher
I start to feel sad without reasons
No idea of what's happening
But then I get a glimpse of something
A strange creature in the darkness
No Idea of what it is
Maybe I'm dreaming. I thought
I always see it in dreams
It keeps coming closer and closer
But I'm determined...this time
I suddenly hear my name
Jelilah! Jelilah!...what's happening
I wonder what is going on
But few people know that name, strange!
Someone tells me to turn around
But it's a familiar voice
As I turn, I get stuck between rocks
Stronger rocks than my mind
But they are so soft and small
I can go through them. I told myself
I suddenly get lost
Lost in thoughts of memories
Which I don't know about
Where I can see myself
flying like a butterfly, Shining like a star
Memories keep flashing back
Then I remember the beauty
I have been searching for all these years
My beloved father's beauty
The beauty I have always desired to see
Once again I hear my name
JELILAH!..my little girl
Turn around dear, my star
I can hear all those words echoing in my head
I can't believe what I'm about to see
Beauty appears before me
A beautiful star
I always wished to see
I close my eyes to embrace my luck
But before I could take a step
I hear his words again
I CAN ALWAYS HERE YOU
To open my eyes,
I'm lying down in the compound
Under bright lovely stars
In the night sky.
©p.jelilah
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