Departure Poem by Ratan Bhattacharjee

Yes, you are gone, love
You are gone
I walked alone …
All night till it was dawn.

You never loved me more
Than as you walked away from me that night
The sea swallowd me, the big shore pales in pain

I played with Dark Destiny
Everything was so grand,
You and me,
Singing, dancing, talking together
Then all vanished, all when you left
You left for ever
Never to return…..

The stones prattled on the road,
The cuckoo sang its saddest song
The stars in the West glittered
And the sun has early set

You are gone my love
I am alone
I walked on the seashore
Till it was dawn…