Unrequited Love Poem by Diwakar Bhatt

Red rising sun through the lull of morning mist
Spread its golden glitter for a trice to persist.

Very wide rainbow arched over the horizon
A phenomenon of nature soothing to vision.

Fresh breeze caress to enliven the life humdrum,
To take the world in the stride for rewards plum.

But memories never leave us be good or bad
A mere thought of some bitter past makes us sad.

The dark hoary pall of gloom devoured the mirth
Pain inflicting unsavory sorrows having no dearth

Who don’t catch up with time always loose the writ,
They move on dark path having their love lamp unlit.

It was such a saga of love like an unfulfilled dream
Upsurge it still creates at times like a seasonal stream.

Mind looses the logic and heart falters like a lame,
Whenever unknowingly my hand scribble her name.

Pain is the only true friend unselfishly accompany,
Feeds to my soul relentlessly like a devoted nanny.

How can I forget that fair face with a magical grin?
Similar to one which lured innocent Adam to first sin.

It was a time of my college days truly the heydays,
Life was full of unpretentious hearty smiles always.

Love for someone I kept as a secret sacrosanct,
Guileless I was in such matters needing artful tact.

An angel in raiments fine glided past me first time,
An unprecedented awesome beauty was in her prime.

Stunned I was with wide eyes still and glued to her,
She moved so charmingly as a glam showstopper.

She flung at me only a flitting glance very casual,
Obvious it was of her being so gorgeous a damsel.

I walked the trail of her steps drugged by the scent,
As black bee’s attraction to a flower is a trait inherent.

I followed her daily from college to home dutifully,
An attempt to get her unheeded attention ultimately.

The rite I performed was a difficult vow of a resolute,
As walking to the guarded orchard of a forbidden fruit.

She was the Helen reincarnated from Spartan lore,
As Paris I felt myself to escort her to Trojan shore.

As an astute votary I worshiped the demigoddess,
Her illustrious beauty was beyond words to express.

My eccentricities became pivotal to her existence,
Like a hermit keen to appease his deity with penance.

After a lot of thought and courage I finally decided
To confess my love for her which I never confided

What to say, what not to say and how to say,
Questions clouded my wisdom in every way.

Practiced many times the magical words to utter,
Like a new theater artist to get rid of unmanly stutter.

My words were laced with honey to sweeten,
I was prepared fully to win her heart unbidden.

To cast her love upon me I implored for worse.
Crestfallen I felt in the wake of her refusal terse.

Heavens fell upon me to be buried deep in doom
Flower of love withered even before it could bloom.

My dreams shattered like a sandy castle in a storm,
Deathly swoon took the soul leaving only my form.

I was hit by the cudgel of the bad luck I consoled,
Life has to go on even if every belonging is lost or sold.

Time never let the things remain in the same state,
Either they perish or take new forms to be obdurate.

I took a new path in life to tread the unbeaten trail,
With a new zest and zeal, no trivialities to be frail.


But the face I loved, I endured the pain of refusal,
Unforgettable till the last I endorse my vow cordial.

Fondness will always be lingering never to dwindle,
Un-requited love is still an unsolved and taxing riddle.