17. “Tears”
(…to be continued…)
One sudden night, Nil opened his old mail box,
Seeing Niki’s letters, his joy knew no locks.
He scolded himself deep inside with pain so clear,
“Why didn’t I open this inbox earlier, my dear?”
He took Niki’s number and dialed it slow,
Thinking she was asleep, he let the call go.
Waiting for morning, messages he sent one by one…
Message 1
From dream-filled eyes, a tear slipped free,
Quietly falling, just you and me.
In the flood of time, so much washed away,
So much road traveled, how much still to stay?
Each of us has a path, each a final goal,
Some moved ahead, some lost control.
Oh!
What a time that was!
How beautiful that phase!
When your hand slipped away from mine,
What was left of “us” to stay?
My heart smiled daily, though wrapped in pain,
& said with courage, again & again…
“O pain!
What kind of pain are you, I see?
You couldn’t break me… I survived you, see.”
From dream-filled eyes,
once more a tear fell through….
– Nil
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