Untold!

Somewhere along the shores of the Nile,

There lived this man for quite a while.

He had no great qualities, nor style,

And there exists no personal file.

All he did was to spend his life

With his herd of goats. Thats all.

"How can one live just such a life?",

You may wonder. But thats just your call.

He woke up before the sun came up

And walked longer with his 'children'.

Till they were fed, he didn't look up

To nod or speak to his brethren.

His language was understood by those

Animals and he understood them too.

That was enough and all their prose

Was less than just twenty words, true.

Its only when one of those died

That he felt something odd after all.

He gave the rest of them and lied

Down, as though he had a fall.

Then he went and searched for his

Dead goat in all the places they

Went and could not find it. This

Made him adamant day by day.

He went and went and searched in new

Places, eating whatever he could find.

Yet he did not find it, but came the dew

Indicating change of seasons fine.

His clothes were torn,

His words became one.

He looked so thin and worn

That he would soon be none.

Finally he saw his goat

One day as he woke up when

Icy breeze blew like a harsh flute

And he could not believe that thing.

Tears fell down his cheeks

And he knelt before it then.

What will you do if what you seek

For long, comes before you then?

It saw him with unwavering eyes.

It felt like it was smiling at him.

He followed it across mountains high.

Now there is no trace of him.

When you become what you seek,

Nothing more is required. Right?

He just reached that state to peak

As someone who showed the light.

Untold!