When My Heart Is Heavy Poem by Anil Kumar Panda

When my heart becomes heavy
With the thought of you I wake
Up to pace the floor for long hours
Of the night
I think of you standing at the
Gate with the moon shedding
Milky beam on your face and
The stars following it smiling
Like little children

I think of you walking down
The path between beds of
Flowers to feel the cool wind
That like a lover loves to play
With your long hair

When my heart becomes heavy
I come down to sit on the sands
By the river and feel your
Presence by me as the silent ripples
Rush to my feet to drag away my tears