Next Time

Next time I'm not leaving any feelings unexpressed 

Next time I'm not leaving any kind words unsaid 

Next time I'm not leaving a sweet song unsung 

Next time I'm not leaving a rain dance undone  

Next time I'm not searching 'them' inside me 

Next time I'm not searching myself inside them 

Next time I'm not searching God in 'these' three words 

Next time I'm not searching the past in the future  

Next time I'm not fitting all meanings into words 

Next time I'm not caging freedom as that of birds 

Next time I'm not adjusting dreams for reality's sake 

Next time I'm not forsaking the real for the fake  

Next time I'm not missing any scene beautiful 

Next time I'm not missing any vision wonderful 

Next time I'm not staying when I want to run 

Next time I'm not running when some thinking needs to be done  

Next time I'm not judging souls by faces 

Next time I'm not turning people into cases 

Next time I'm not putting it into 'good' or 'bad' 

Next time I'm not hiding all that I have had  

Next time I'm not forgetting to tell a friend his worth 

Next time I'm not forgetting any smile, kiss or hug 

Next time I'm not trading laughter for a whine 

Next time I'm not leaving 'it' for the next time!

- Palak

(2004-2005)