REWIND: Poem

 

REWIND

Somewhere high

 in silvered torrent ,

& In Altar of the Heart

A whisper unseen 

& footsteps no spheres seen

A lone traveler:

 tracing back his footsteps

In ancient capsule 

Of time 

The railway tracks

Moving backwards 

Just to relieve 

The seasons once encountered

In A kaleidoscope of prime 

The ocean refuse 

To motion ahead

Just to treasured

keepsake of time

A forest where 

Scattered leaves

Rise gently back to its trees

& the wind of autumn

Spells its secrets in rhyme 

And Somewhere between

memory and eternity,

the traveler pauses,

hearing distant laughter

echo through corridors 

For perhaps time

Is always in quest of moments

Of hearts to learn

To love and to ache

how to surrender

But yet how to remain.

Zahra Huma

May 7 2026