The gentle, cool breeze caressed past
Aromas of a thousand flowers tantalising thick and fast.
Frozen - I stood rooted, overwhelmed - aghast
Unable to perceive right from wrong
Oh! How long – Oh! How long
Whence the time would be forever lost.
Heavens came my way
But tides kept me astray
Alas! Such was their power.
A deluge, not a trickle or a shower.
How I now wish
The clock had stood still
I could’ve clasped those precious moments
Before my life just withered
