FAREWELL

WE meet now in the semi darkness of our minds

with our foot prints  etched on its cobbled  floor

that silently blush as we open the closed door

reviving  memory of a past where  once our souls

 whispered some enchanting words to each other

in the language of eloquent lotus  in the pond

as the swans  nearby kept  listening

with their occasional trumpets at our open secrets.

I have lost track of many more things  we did

big and small ,

so might have you too ,

but I  remember how restlessly I searched for that  black speck

troubling my image in pool of your windy eyes

where I saw love glistening

and how much concernedly  you licked my finger when it was

found bleeding

torn a little by a thorn  as we sat near the bushes

with heady fragrances so exciting

and with a bushlark, about  new Spring  listlessly singing  !

Today as we part, the sparkle of a few drops  in the river of  your eyes

echoes  fluently words about a  desired  union

but they are all pronounced  so silently

across their banks in whispers of the reeds of your dark brows

that shelter the clouds of parting love ready to burst into rain ;

today in this semi darkness of  our farewell meeting

let us have a dance in tune with falling leaves’ rain

and forget all about parting’s killing pain .

@ copy right : saroj k. padhi , 04/02/15