Love Me Or Leave Me. Poem by Bishnupada Sethi

I wasn't very watchful
Being busy in things
That came on my way,
Then I realised
A year has gone by
As if it was only last night
We had welcomed a new year.
A fun filled event
Full of hugs and best wishes
Reminds the new expectations
Those came with a new Sun rise.

Since I wanted to be always better
The struggle had begun
Right after I gained consciousness.
The journey was gradual
And step by step
So engrossing was the movement
Through the time and space
That I didn't realise-
It has been few decades
I have moved ahead
From birth to youth
And still exist.

Introspecting today,
I realise the changes
That has occurred all around-
Who have all vanished?
How new faces have replaced the old guards?
My journey provides a lead
About the writing in bold
Which doesn't strike me often.

Being alive I can still feel
How the time and space
Are more infinite-
Than we comprehend.
Who hasn't been told
Soon it will get over.
There may not be a warning-
We will miss each other
The very next moment.


I have no clue to any existence
Beyond this living body
It may be only for few days
We are together-
Like my friends and masters were here
With or without a purpose
And their love and words
Bring fond memories.

Leave me or love me-
I'm unable to reserve
A time or space for any discord
That I don't fit into your needs.
I'm perfect the way I am-
No one loves me more
Than I love myself.
Where do I get the time
I'll give explanations
To seek your grace?