Alone, Once Again … Poem by Bharat Trivedi

When your thoughts glide like a stately swan
in the lake of my emerald memories,
every day, my eyes laced with
silken sleep and chiselled marble dreams
search for something,
while standing near the tranquil horizon
I watch the melted evening’s golden orange lava
blending with the dark waters of the dusk.

When our thirsty eyes met
crystal goblets clank with intoxication
and my heartbeats staggered like a drunkard,
while frozen kisses thawed
in the warmth of the candle-lit romantic dinners
and our sheer sizzling shadows waltzed
throughout the night!

When the fish-eyed mermaid
shuts the oyster-lips of night
my flute breathes out our favourite melody
and dampens my sultry eyes,
we part to become strangers again
as your soul leaves my body,
I hear that stony silence screaming
and blinded by tears,
I turn my face to hide the hurt of my smiling scars!
Alas, I and my solitude
tread on the deserted path
alone, once again…

Copyright ©2008 Bharat B. Trivedi