While I miss you so terribly ...
9 Days to go...
Dear Pati,
Upon the shower panel today,
An empty "Gold Flake"
packet lay.
As I was giving the kids a wash,
And saved myself from the water
slosh,
My eyes fell upon a glistening
thing,
Behind the shelf it was neatly
sitting.
An impish guy had hidden it thus,
Be back. We really need to discuss!
Remember the days when we dated?
To get married, how eagerly you
waited!
And promised that after we wed,
The ash stick would eternally be
shed.
The promise, wrecked and forgone,
Resurfaced, when the first one was
born.
And then again after the second one
came,
You pledged to quit. Ah! A tall
claim!
Much water passed beneath the
bridge,
Between us, it sometimes created a
ridge.
Your plan to quit does never occur,
The only matter where we never
concur.
And look at you! You mailed me a
snap,
Holding a cigarette between your
fingers' gap!
How could you believe I wouldn't
observe?
Once back, a piece of my mind you
deserve!
8 Days to go...
Dear Pati,
Go if you have to, but remember a
little thing.
Your absence will almost always
bring,
An eerie dejected zone inside my
little heart,
That seems to ruthlessly tear me
apart.
Go if you have to, but what it does
to me,
Unsettled and miserable, for
everyone to see.
Can't recall when I last heard my
laughter,
What's great about anything since
you left thereafter?
Go if you have to, but wouldn't it
be nice?
If you could manage to keep your
travel concise?
Your month long absence is too hard
to abide,
Impossible to do without you by my
side.
Go if you have to, but is there
another way?
That matters can be handled while
you here stay?
Can't proceedings be conducted over
the phone and emails?
Why then are the modern inventions so hyped and hailed?
Go if you have to, but always bear
in mind,
Whilst I struggle alone, the world
isn't kind.
I may sail through or I may even
sink,
Next time you step outside, just
pause and re-think.
A delight to read these lovely poems.. I am sure "Pati" read and heard the feelings too..and may be he will pause and rethink.. and then perhaps another poem..from you.. Nirja..I wasn't aware of the poet in you.. excellent..
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RS
Mr Sood...thank you for the lovely comments. But these are not mine...they are written by a friend of mine which I had mentioned in one of the first posts. Bhumika would love the appreciation...will convey it to her.
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