Alone

As the full moon rises

It casts its light

Over the  deepest recesses

Of my troubled mind

As the shadows lengthen

In the silvery glow

I search for treasures

I may never find

A gentle breeze

Waves the trees

Like an unknown hand

Brushing through the leaves

The soft flapping of wings

As a family of bats awaken

The distant howl

Of a lonely mongrel

A cat screeches

A sound of something falling

A sudden silence

The earth holds her breath

It dawns on me

In the solitude of a moonlit night

Surrounded by life

I am still all alone

~Shamshaad~