A Friday Night !!

A Friday Night

That gory night was without moon,

all I heard was freaking noise of Crickets

Sheepishly I walked toward the lamp lit corner

though sudden gust of wind blew it down

I urged for the day to arrive soon !!

 I banged open the door in despair

and looked for someone to free me

from the shackles of Friday, the 13th

but my hope looked colorless as water

on the smudges of dreary air.

The house was dark and looked dismal

except my echo nobody was kind

to respond to my gloomy voice,

for all the hardships I had faced

my escape did not look formal.

That forest had a blind maze,

with more of darkness and solitariness

apprehensions of being lost strengthened.

My prayers couldn't jump high in spite of 

banging in through different ways.

My watch looked dead

and the sun was running equally late,

Jaded ! I squatted on nearby soft grasses

and my fingers sneaked into my bag

to grab the chocolate and a stale bread.

Soon my eyes grew weaker

and a strong slumber caged me in.

Those grasses had their sap out;

looked lifeless on my jacket and

and few on my soiled sneaker.

That night never saw any morning

which put me into a dreadful sleep

and the dream which shivered me out

took me back to the dream I had 

in that busy Sunday morning.

Till we dream again..

Rajesh Banerjee

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