Will-O'-Wisp Poem by Saurabh Som

End of valley, your darkness ship
Silently moving away in magical sleep
Will-o’-wisp!
Here, the flame left the candle out of sight
Staring through her veil, virgin night!
Tiptoeing through the forest floor
Moving light
Someone in the sky left the clouds in their flight
But they slowly sink amidst dark layers of sky
Drowsy stars with sleepy eyes
Night comes down thick, dream-rich!
Moss covered, black sand beach
He slept once with wild ducks
Under the night sky
Near the dark bamboo groves
Like a fire breathing serpent from hell
Will-o’-wisp goes
Through the spiraling mountain passes he flows
Like a candle light, his love glows
In a cemetery, in final bed
Over the tombs of the dead,
Dying flames of candles flicker
The darkness thicker
Shutting the eyes, at the sleeping temple
Inside a dream bubble
When the world is asleep
Why are you awake...
Will-o’-wisp?
Opening your eyes wide,
Swimming through the enigma of the night
Where to, and why?
After dazzling day time sky
In the deafening darkness
At the gate of the forest
What’s your silent request?
Lost.... sympathizer... perplexed?

---by myself