Into the horrid heat of my summer
You fall as drops of rain
The broken bangles I treasure
Fall down and crack into still smaller bits
In this Ravenous night
As I sit outside, all alone
Looking into the night sky
I see blinking stars here and there
And my memories swim
Around a starry eyed girl
My mind speeds like a steed to those days
That had the beauty and brilliance
Of the arching rainbows of the blue
And the glowing hues of peacock feathers
You were then the rhyme and rhythm of my life
The song and melody of my spirit
The symphony in my violin
The alluring dream of my nights
Once you got into my garden unbidden
Like a flitting butterfly
A leaping grasshopper
A honey sucking bee
A winging robin
When the breeze was hissing
When the flowers were nodding
And perched on my shoulder
I plucked for you a red, red rose
And you savoured its fragrance
That very day you became my friend
You spread a pervading aroma
That wafted into me with every gushing wind
You became the throb of my life
My singular passion
A rising flame
My heart’s silent language
The sole focus of my life
But without even a parting word
You left me to my fate
Now I am pushed into a desolate isle
Where loneliness comes to strangle me
And I feel so defenseless!
Here I struggle to elbow out
The train of wistful memories
And at my feet lies the withered rose
The sad reminder of a passion we once shared
Now I know love hurts, it hurts terribly
Leaving one so utterly vanquished
Won’t you come once again?
As my friend, nay as my soul mate
To be together for ever
And sit looking at each other from eye to eye!
In anticipation, I wait here
For the falling echo
Of your jingling footsteps!
Yes, I am in eternal wait!
Dear Madam, Thanks a lot for your comments. this poem reveals the passion of love. Wait in love is eternal. Nice words! thanks again and keep your encouraging affection on me.
The passion of young love, and then its demise - beautifully expressed.
Valsa ji, you are at your best here in this poem: My mind speeds like a steed to those days That had the beauty and brilliance
Won’t you come once again? As my friend, nay as my soul mate To be together for ever And sit looking at each other from eye to eye! In anticipation, I wait here For the falling echo Of your jingling footsteps! Yes, I am in eternal wait! ..........................amazing lines.
your patience will be rewarded for true love never ends thanks Valsa-10
Stop being such a poetic SHOWOFF, Valsa dear. there is too much to say now about this. suffice to say it goes flying to MyPoemList, ..................even though i suspect it is a love poem, and i 'don't like love poems'. AND i 'don't love like poems' either! bri :) p.s. it shall be showcased, with poems of other PH poets, in my “A Showcase For PH Poets”, April edition, now open for viewing on my PH site under my ‘poem’: “A ……” (see above) also there, will be your “Glimpses of Simplicity and Innocence” which I HAVE NOT FOUND in your PH poem list (but I’ll submit it as I find it in the message you sent; thanks very much for sharing) .
You were then the rhyme and rhythm of my life The song and melody of my spirit The symphony in my violin The alluring dream of my nights like it madam......
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A great read penned so well. Yet another poem in all it's beauty to cherish and enjoy.