Absence Poem by Saroj Padhi

Absence



Pigeons jump on the grass field
Engrossed in their picking worms under a warm Sun
Like words on a green page in the eyes of Dyslexia,
When you appear with your intense invisible presence
On my white page like the deep scar of a black aporia,
Untying riddles about my secret love of the infinite sky
That stretches out beyond the reach of rustling trees
Like an inexhaustible enigma of an ambiguous silence;
As I pretend reconciling myself to a life in your absence.
The distant swaying banana leaves unfurl
The mystery about your secret love of my agonized heart
Like pages of a romantic novel turned one after the other
In the white heat of engagement with unknown shivers
In the depth of my soul
Craving for your surrogate presence!

Thursday, August 6, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: absence
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Close
Error Success