Situations had driven us apart
But I had not forgotten him yet
He remained etched in my memory
It had been years since we had met
I knew he still loved me
He'd never move on he had said
Slowly he had pushed me away from him
Then forever from my life he fled
I tried my best to get him back
He seemed to have gone without a trace
I was filled with hurt and anger
Yet him, I could not replace
I always felt his eyes on me
I could feel his presence every where
He seemed to know all about me
I did not understand why did he still care
I spent all my life waiting for him
I loved him forever with all my might
Days and nights I yearned for him
Why couldn't he understand my plight
Finally I decided to let it go
My love was overpowered with anger
He lad left me in the lurch
In my heart he had plunged a dagger
I then decided to forget him
Making room for someone new
Just when I was falling in love
He came back for his due
I did recognise his voice
Said he wanted to meet me now
With my new love in front of me
To his request I did not want to bow
He pleaded and begged for it
All he wanted was some of my time
My hidden feelings starting coming up
Our heart beats still seemed to rhyme
I met him some time later
With a heart filled with love and hope
When my sight fell on him
I felt my heart break and mope
His body had shrunk into half
His shiny mane had gone bald and dry
His eyes still shone with love for me
Holding my hand he began to cry
I looked at his pale and wrinkled face
I wanted to speak, yet no words came
He fell and collapsed in my arms
His last word was my name
Written for Poetry Jam.
~ Soumya
The beauty of your poetry is even if you hadn't had such an incident you still relate. Lots of imagery in my head of similar situations.
ReplyDeleteLoved it. but it pained me all the same. <3
keep writing.
Thank you! <3
DeleteBeautiful and moving!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pankti and welcome here :)
DeleteThe image of the heart going away , inscribed on the palm is so beautiful and apt and you have woven the story around it . lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you ma'm.
DeleteOh so powerful. Especially the last bit.
ReplyDeleteThanks Momina. Nice to see you here after long.
DeleteWow, what a poem here. What intense feelings you have portrayed. I would like to be able to work up some feelings of pity for him, but I cannot. He lost his chance. There is a time when a person has to move on. EXTREMELY powerful writing!
ReplyDeleteYou just have to move on. That's it.
DeleteThank you Mary!
I was captured by this story. And a sad one it is though moving and beautiful. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the amazing prompt Peggy.
DeleteSo beautifully done, and I am sure so many people can relate to this.
ReplyDeleteThank you Raajii!
DeleteBeautiful and heart breaking, i could feel and taste the pain.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading Alan!
DeleteSo sad for both of them! Wonderfully written!
ReplyDeleteThank you Robyn.
DeleteWhat a scar he left, oh dear! For another lifetime.
ReplyDeleteNice post!
Cheers,
Blasphemous Aesthete
Thanks BA!
DeleteOh what a tragedy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading Laurie!
DeleteWow nice poem,...more like a song !
ReplyDeleteThanks Anita!
DeleteLoved everything of it except the last part. Beautifully written!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pria! The last bit had to be hated :)
DeleteThanks Ashwini :)
ReplyDeleteHow will u ever grow out of this painful love...and the guilt that u chose to love someone else over him?
ReplyDeletewhen I started reading, I could relate every line of the poem...but as and how I read further....esp the last stanza, my heart skipped a beat.
THE most beautiful poem I've read in a long long long time.
WOW!! Thank you darling! :)
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