VIRTUAL REALITY

I look around me and I see my reality

It is what is sown and has grown to be

Circuitous paths amidst waterfalls

Cascading rapids and placid pools

where in inward moments of reflection

I alter my perception.

Thus imagination takes root

and colours paint my landscape

Unfamiliar nooks and corners appear

enticing me to tarry, offering pleasure

of the mind, the body and soul

I meander, enjoying this new sensation

as corners become cosy, blurring lines

as the virtual overtakes my reality.

I cross borders with impunity

My world now colourful, now attractive

is primed for the next step like a movie set

And out of this utopia emerges attraction

A distraction that is both fantasy and real

A beautiful mirage that becomes my oasis

and I become part of my own fairytale

An illusion that marches in my head

in a story filled with love and laughter

and dreams of forever and ever after

When the curtain lifts and my inward eye shuts

and the sets replaced with the familiar

I’m burning with yearning, numb from exhaustion

I've burned holes in all my dancing shoes

Yet bottled and buried, the attar remains, 

a heady perfume that wafts as I sleep

Until the next free-fall into the deep