(b) 22 (Pain/Longing) Remember? ? ? ? ? ? ? Poem by Renu Rakheja a.k.a Tranquil Ocean

Remember?
Our languid walks in the fragrant garden
Sitting wrapped in each other under the chinaar
With red flowers showering under the fading sun
Sitting till the sky was filled with stars
The garden is still there with its fragrance
The tree is still there with its blossoms
And you can hear faint murmurings of the night wrapped tree calling our names

Remember?
The sound of the mynah as if cooing our names
The sound of the water when we played skipping stones
The fire we lit in the chill of the night and its crackling flame
The rising heat as we melted in each other and our moans
The mynah still cries looking for us
The water is still waiting for our stones
And you can now hear a deathly silence wrapped in my voice

Remember?
How our hearts would be beating wildly in anticipation of our rendevous
How we would be breathless with our longest kiss ever
How we would hate the ticking time reminding that we had to bid adieu
How we would dream of the day when we would could live together forever
The time is still ticking by slowly
Now breathless taking the stairs
And the heart now wrapped in a deathly dust