Poem: 27-4-2014

An Ekphrastic  poem:

ONCE UPON A TIME....

They were the king and queen

Of all they ever surveyed

Always loving, never mean

Happy as they were portrayed

Health, wealth and happiness

Power, status and uprightness

Once upon a time, long long ago

There lived a family, far far away

When the war came it destroyed

One couple and the sibling

They were the troops deployed

No food, no water and an ailing

Mother, loss of love and senses

Surrounded by very tall fences

Once upon a time, long long ago

There lived a family, far far away

Next the childless couple

Their days lost in search of love

Money grows and is double

All alone, and trying to shove

Forward in this rat race

His heart fell from grace

Once upon a time, long long ago

There lived a family, far far away 

The last couple was lost to disease

After the children had grown

They were married, an increase

In distance made them drown

In loneliness and sorrow 

And no way to heal tomorrow

Once upon a time, long long ago

There lived a family, far far away

Now the children and grandchildren

Look lovingly at the movies and pictures

Of their fairytale lives and their gardens

Tales and exploits are just conjectures

Sometimes I wonder, how the future

Will treat us, will our legacy endure?

Once upon a time, long long ago

There lived a family, far far away

 ©2014 April        

Lalarukh Lasharie