Journey Of A Thousand Years, Filled With Joy, Strife And Tears

You sleep on the rooftop
Under the stars shiny so bright
You need to sleep for tomorrow's flight
Yet you stay up all night

You learn stories of
Kings and Queen
And all their glory

You learn stories of
King and Queens
And of conquests and
Captured Gauries

One Kingdom leaves
Another Kingdom comes
It is not a tale of
Unicorns and Fairies
It is not a tale of fun

But it is of adventure
But it is of deceit
But it is now Kings and Queens
Maneuvered, maneuvered
To keep their
Dominant chess seat

The skies about us
With the stars that
Shine so bright
Are witness to the
Aforementioned tales
That force us to
Stay up late
Into The night

Tomorrow isn't promised
You may never see your
Great-grandmother again
Tomorrow isn't promised
Back in her day you were lucky
To make it to ripe
Old age of ten

So many tales never written by book
So many tales of Kings and Queens
Who fought and battled
By hook or crook
Colored our culture
And gave it some meaning

Where did these ancient
Kings and Queen go
Overthrown and hidden
In history's shadows?

But wait? Is that true?

Maybe their heirs are lurking
In the eyes of the wandering old Man
Who always collects Alms
As he passes by your Ancestral land
Few minutes short of 6 am


Old Haveli of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan