Sadness Poem by Pranab Sarma

O sadness
If I ever see you again
Near the mighty rock where the stream stops for a while,
Or along the path shadowed by the hillock!

If you sneak through the broken walls
Of my ancient cottage
During some silly night when the moon steals my dreams!

If you come through the sigh of a failed painter
That percolates through the petals he strikes;
Or with the shouts of the river
When the boatman strides on her!

If you come with a message of hope,
Which the faraway bird sings
Over the naked branches of that old tree!
I shall tell you the story
That I have kept secret
That I have filled with
The irrational behind the rational
And the words between the words.

If you ever come, o sadness!
I shall tell you my story of sadness!