#Poattic-5 #Rewind
A day, I thought
perhaps would suffice
I’d rewind the hands of
Quietly fleeting time.
But can a day ever suffice
The love exchanged in a lifetime?
***
Alas! Too soon have you left
With a searing pain my heart is cleft.
One half goes with you
As I bid my last adieu.
With the other numbed half
What shall I ever do?
***
No whispers leave
Your silent lips.
Instead I imagine words,
Your voice trailing me
“Soft, tarry wait awhile.”
Words once uttered tenderly.
***
Now, instead of my arms
A white shroud hugs
Swathing together both of us.
White colours my void existence
Fill this void, by whispering
My name just once.
***
Or promise me a rendezvous
Visit me in the darkest nights
When my doomed soul strives
Touch me till I burst into a million stars.
Then, like gusts of winds let your arms
Cradle me into serene somnolence.
*****
Mumtaz N K
18-11-2020
Picture courtesy: Unsplash: Priscilla du Preez
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