Watch Your Step

Walking through the midst of a rainy London evening

The smell of rain-kissed grass, the clutter of raindrops and splashes from the passing cars

I walked through the garden and saw the kids play

And I saw a boy so pale

Pale, but eyes of gems

A smile to light up even the darkest of nights

This beauty I'd never met in my life

I then walked up and we conversed

A night I would remember even though I hurt

We danced in his backyard

And hummed to the tunes

I fell in love so soon

But it went altogether along with the mother bird's croon

He met someone else

And forgot about me

It doesn't feel like the perfect symphony

One night I went to the kitchen

I heard a crack and looked back

It was a lizard I stepped on

And I couldn't move ahead on

I then went to my room, apologized to the lizard, who is now in heaven

I realized it was all a lesson

I went into the kitchen without looking at what was ahead

I went and fell in

And ended up killing the innocent

Just like I went and conversed with that boy

I fell in a hole I couldn't avoid

Without thinking about what was ahead

I fell in and killed my innocent self

So before you walk

Look ahead

And watch your step