The Voyeur Poem by Avinash Nair

Over a many quaint sleepless nights,
I have watched the faint reflection of you
From a distance, as we both spent our time
In the unrelinquishing task of living a life
Through a course of relentless restrictions.
I have aged watching you, lose that charm
To the commitments of paradoxes,
Repay your smile to the hollow sense of calm
And refer your mind to the bosom of restful memories
My unrequited love, we have met,
In time, through and out many instances
Of which I recall now, Each time we let
Our minds linger over our presence,
Till we realize that there's a thin line
Of estranged love that binds you
To your roots, left in the trail of that caste mark
In between the parting of your hair.
It's then we crumble our hopes and
Cast it away into the depth of our dreams.
To reap and resume and be those blurred shadows.