Aladdin’s Genie

There I sat in the lifeless room alone, a habitat without illumination,

Remembering what led to this bizarre self – regression.

I always wanted to maze through the limitless selflessly,

But all my shackles would let me do is sit and needlessly gaze – 

At the glimmering sphere of gold.

I crawled wearily at it, trying to define the form,

What! A Lamp, a Genie’s Lamp!

I felt a naughty curiosity opening the door to my ruthlessness.

I brushed my palm against its untainted side and a cloud barged out…

Ay Aladdin! A giant blue teardrop glared at me as it came out,

As in a fairytale, I thought he might ask for the prototypical ‘Three Wishes’,

But there he was breaking my shackles, and in no time, I was soaring.

I was soaring on the blue drop, shooting past the sky.

I realized he knew my dreams,

And came to prevent me from losing myself.

He stopped and asked me, “Walad, what’s your last wish?”

“Help me explore myself”, I said,

And there it began, the exploration-

The eternal exploration.