Since you’ve gone
a lot has changed
about me and around me
Smile refuses to
curve up my lips
The twinkle in the eye
soon dissipates into tears
that roll down my face
Now that you’re not there
I’ll never get back to
what I was
having lost myself
in the debris
of sorrow and solitude
That place in the heart
where you resided
aches yearningly
craving your presence
in its warm embrace
The mass in my mind
that you occupied
has gone derelict
wandering from
moments steeped in bleakness
to days soaked
in bewildered banefulness
The corner of the bed
That favourite spot
on the rug
The slight indentation
on the sofa
that was yours
lie vacant
Since you’ve gone
Time comes with the day
and leaves to take
another form
after each night
Yet I stay there
still and stunned
redundant as a rock
unmoved by what goes around
Lifeless to all the living
that happens around me
Since you’ve gone
the state of being happy
seems to be a far-flung world
Detached from my grip
distanced from my mind
Since you’ve gone
The cycle of
wake and unawake
go through their
necessary motions
But life has come to a point
Where it has ceased to live!
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