If I could operate the Time machine

#Rewind

#If I could operate the time machine…

If sobs could build a bridge over my eye pearls

And memories could become the torch

Then, even in vagueness, I would go to heaven above,

And snatch you from him and bring you back

I would learn to operate the time machine to rewind

And I would stop-break the cruel button on the day

When your golden heart had stopped beating,

When you left us without a sign.

The day you last breathed,

All my veins trembled in its breeze

I got fragmented and sat with a void in my soul

Now I’m lost in the labyrinth of the daily grind

Still, the clouds of pain hover deep below

I wish I could bring you back,

Could rewind the time machine

And wish I could stop-break the cruel button,

On the day you left us, oh dear Papa!

Pooja Mandla

Image credit: Pixabay

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31 responses to “If I could operate the Time machine”

  1. Heartfelt verses pooja, you’ve beautifully put yearning, grief and loss in this poem ❤

    1. Thank you for reading, Roodaba🙏🙏

  2. Touched by your poem. There are some voids there can’t be filled.

    1. Thank you for reading dear🙏🙏🙏
      Yes, irreplaceable loss!🙏

    1. Thank you for reading, Sai🙏

  3. Poignant Pooja
    .. Well written

  4. This is such a moving poem, dear Pooja. Heart wrenching. So well written.

    1. Thank you for reading,Moonmoon🙏

  5. Heartfelt words💚💚

    1. Thank you for reading, Sonali🙏

  6. If wishes were horses ———-. Beautifully poignant.

    1. We are helpless here… Thank you for reading, ma’am!

    1. Thank you for reading ma’am🙏🙏

  7. The grief and loss for losing a parent has been deftly described .I loved your language and style.Kudos to you Pooja💚

    1. Thank you for reading, dear Indrani💚

  8. Poignant, feelings expressed touch the heart

  9. This one touched me to the core!

  10. Such a poignant creation. I could totally feel the irreparable loss, through those heartfelt verses.
    #rulified it

    1. Thanks for reading, Debashree💚💚

  11. Very heartbreaking and poignant

  12. Thank you for reading, dear Natasha💚💚

  13. Thank you for reading, Rianka🙏🙏

  14. If only we had a time machine! Such a moving poem💚

    1. Thank you for reading,Meha💚💚

  15. Ah, the yearning for a parent who left us forever! The grief, the pain moved me, Pooja, especially since I also lost my father this year.

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