Days After-25 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

And after

DAYS AFTER-25

At last
We met after long
At the same place where
We used to meet every winter

The pandemic separated hearts
Beating for each other
For a substantial period
But it could not put an end to the bonding,
The craving that precisely defines our
Relationship for thirty six years

The joy was smiling in each face
The eyes were dancing in ecstasy
Like the waves of an ocean
Mind going back to the dreamy days
Where the journey began
To find a place under the sun
Before thirty-six years in the garden of Eden

The venue cast its magic spell
Each became dancing rivulets
Men and women in the late fifties
Became young once again.
Hugging each other
Forgot themselves
Their status and identity
And the same unalloyed smile and gestures
That eluded us for thirty-six years
Bounced back with renewed vigour
Life became sheer poetry
A peg of red wine once more

Time stood standstill
To witness the moment
The moment of meeting of hearts
Celebration of minds
In the garden of roses
The paradise on the mortal plane

It was enough
To rejuvenate the young minds
Inhabiting old bodies
And to keep the man in the sixty on the go
To look forward to life
And its spellbinding beauties once more

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
25.12.2022
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