Days After-12 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

And after

DAYS AFTER-12

After years
Got time to look at my love
My books, silently languishing
On the bookshelf in a remote corner

Could not remember
When I last read a book
When I lost myself in the pages of a classic
When I last forgot my sleep and hunger
Romancing with the theme of a best-seller

My books are looking fresh
Some I read and completed
Some are unfinished
A few I never opened
But all are in my thought
Heart and mind

I touched my books with love and passion
Only to find a sweet sensation
Running through my body and mind
I went back to the past
Could see me
A young man with dreamy eyes
Struggling for a little shade
Under the midday sun

Know not
How I got detached from my love
When time snatched away from me
My only possession
At a loss to understand
How I managed to live so long without the company of my heart and soul

Now it is time for a happy reunion
To fall in love with my love
And together in the company of each other
To search for a new destination
A cloudless sky, dazzling moon
And a more resplendent sun

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
12.12.2022
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