Poem: Groping For Words In Your Absence

Poem By B D Narayankar

Everything goes on, exactly as it used to
When you were there

The koyal croons, alerting about
the impending mango season

The melting snow still flows
to wash the feet of the hills

All summers the gulmohar stands nude,
shedding leaves

Everything goes on, exactly as it used to
When you were there

I wish after you had left
something would have changed in my life

That I would not feel lonely
That my heart stops beating
That thoughts no longer fly
Nor verses ooze out from the pen

But, everything goes on as before

If only, there is only one change in my life
That I cannot sleep at nights
Unless I grope for words silken
To stitch poems in your memory, daily