As We Met After Years! Poem by Dr. Bishnupada Sethi

In those familiar smiles
And on sight of a pair of moist eyes
My identity gets lost.
In the silent moments,
I want to break free
From the bondages of past.

The warmth of tear drops
Rolling quietly on my cheeks
Ignites all the frozen memories;
The wings of a butterfly
Lying wounded in a corner of my heart
Gets back its energy;
But being unable to fly out
It writhes in the pains of confinement.

Amidst unbearable pains
And the joy of reunion,
A storm of hopes lashes for a while,
A high tide of dreams comes ashore,
An ocean in turmoil tries
To rise to touch the sky.