Jack & Rose

(Pic: Autumn on the River, 1889, John Singer Sargent )

You got me aboard the floating plank

Although you remained in the freezing cold

It was difficult to even breathe

Just hold on, you repeatedly told

I was ready to give up and die 

You held on to faith and my hand

I just believed in your belief

I was sure we would reach land

I laid down and hummed a tune

As you froze, holding on to me

I dreamt of our future together

I believed that we were meant to be

I had given up everything I had

All I wanted was to be with you

This calamity shall soon be behind us

We shall start life afresh and new

I heard the faint sound of a whistle

I knew they would come back for us

With a smile I tried to wake you up

But you had left without a fuss

Even though I knew you had gone

I cried asking you to come back

How was I supposed to live

I was nothing without you Jack

Your promise I shall honor

I shall live, like you wanted me to

I said my silent goodbye to you

And then, the whistle I blew

They took me back on a boat

I looked at you for as long as I could

Our love ship was broken and gone

On whose deck we once stood

I got to land in a while

Feeling completely torn apart

I knew I will hold on to myself

For you were alive in my heart

I moved on, like I promised

But its you, that my heart once chose

A lot of years have passed since you left

Yet, I shall always remain your Rose

Written for The Magpie Tales: Mag 195.

~ Soumya