Unexpected

Noisy, crowded and alive
The bazar pulsated
With odours
Strong and mild
Air spiced with scents

With colours
Familiar and unknown

The mixed aroma
Of fried oils
Colourful trinkets
Ribbons and rings
Syrups and sweets
Filled my senses

Softly tingling

Spellbound I entered
Alleys and lanes
Bursting with displays

Merry-go-arounds, ferris wheels

They had them all
Enticing new trades
Perfectly pampered
Ready for the game

My head giddy
With steps sprightly
I found myself lost
In a magical world

My reverie disturbed
Suddenly
Quite unwelcomingly
By someone behind
Obsequious, unwanted
Desperate, strange
Almost wild
That salesman
Expressions completely

Out of line

Anger and irritability
Quickly intertwined
Burst and exploded
Within my mind

Moving closer
A bit reluctantly
I tried to decipher
Muffled words
Of a choked chord
Words that formed right
Yet evaporated
Soundlessly
Within my sight

Then
In one chaotic moment
I paused

To realise
The man

With incoherent sounds

Was voiceless
Muted forever...