by Rajiv Rai
Lost love
You treaded so softly in my life and fancy!
But now, you have fled far,
Far away from me in reality!
How have I loved,
Those warm looks of yours!
And that softness of your countenance
How once inspired me
To touch the unprecedented heights in life!
Sometimes, I return to my fancy,
But soon reality dances before me
In its stark nakedness.
How sweet is fancy!
How bitter is reality!
That soft face,
That soothing look,
Those watery eyes,
Those lovely graces,
Are no more for me?
And I am no more
The hero of your life.
Past Memoirs
Shadows fade away, memories stay,
Reality flees from me
And I return to deep recesses of my mind.
Those shady trees still cast
Their shadows deep and quiet
Whereby, we used to sit as lovebirds.
It causes pain in a distant corner of my heart!
Just there under the spell of emotions,
How I surrendered to your wish once!
And how it rent me and captivated me for years!
Life fled from me as you turned your back to me.
I, listlessly, gaze at those trees
That now are, my lone resort
When lamentation grips me
In my isolation.
