'Will you remember me?'
Lying on the monsoon grass,
Amid the silence of the
night
I hear clashing and clinking
Of the thoughts running
inside me.
What are you to me?
What am I to you?
Two lonely metal pieces
Drifting in the outer space
We sometimes want
To feel the warmth
Brought by love and tender
care
Like the lingering earthy
scent
After mid-July rains.
I thought I was fine on my
own
But then you came along
As we floated in
The ever-flowing river of
time,
My heart erupted
In an undaunted melody.
I wish I could be nearer to
Hear your hearty laughs
Look into your deep, raven
eyes
And tell you truly how I
feel
May be you would or
May be you won’t-
Half agony, half hope.
I kiss the tendrils of creeper
My little, silent keeper
Of secrets and longings.
Scattered mirror shards
Reflecting everywhere
Kaleidoscopic memories
Of times gone forever.
The promises never made
The words never spoken
The roads not taken…
Your orbit is an ellipse
And mine is a circle
Is an intersection even
possible?
Someday you might find
Another satellite to be with
you
Forlorn I’ll be but still
I cherished you enough to
let you go.
Once you’ve travelled the
seven seas
I wonder if you’ll look back
And remember me.
-Sayee Bhakare
