The world revels at my happiness
The gloominess obscured...
Yes I am now desperate
Desperate for the friendship which rises above bodily lust...
O my friend, my heart yearns to think
Only few days are mine...
Few minutes...
Few seconds...
Yes, the clock is ticking past...breath running short
Let me tie the strewn twigs...
Let me sow a withered seed...
Who knows what secrets
Life's leaves will unfurl...
Can you kiss that 'one tear of hopelessness-
Trickling down my cheeks...?
Can you just sit beside me holding my hands
Looking at my lost face...
Sharing my bosom's pain?
Can you? Please can you?
You do not love my soul...
You love the glittering body...
No one ever offered me a 'ring'
Though tried to 'ring' my body million times...
Now I am leaving this body...
But no one will
Lift it in their arms...
Wanted by many, it will now-
Rot in the dust...
Let me look at the stars-
Yes they will receive me...
Their child is tired...
In their piety, they will 'ring' my piety.....Rashmi
