The wheels of our youthful love Halted like a spring breeze that October Snow drifted giving its way to spring And the white of the Kohua Dispersed the darkness into the ether Since then many a summer passed And many Bordoisila of spring Dust storm galloped by the sky Comets skimmed the stratosphere Time blowed its wand of ruins But sometimes I, Couldn't fathom your decision of drifting away I wake up in my dreams at 3.33 am To read your last text sent on 2020 July: "Take Care. Bidding you adieu to hand you over in safe hands" Last night when the phone buzzed at 12.34am I finally could fathom,
You pushed me away, To indulge into a slumber for eternity So now it will be blasphemy for the world To ask me to bottle up all my grief inside me And put on my brightest grin For each day from now, When I will light up an incense stick You will be right there swirling with the smoke.
Shilpa Roy
15.09.2022