Silence

I sit by the large windows every day

And wonder what is it that took you away,

Away, beyond the snow-capped peaks

Maybe, far into the jungles of the east.

I think long and hard for reasons beyond me,

What did you find hurtful that I couldn’t see,

For I am chaste inside out, all my life,

Since I agreed to walk with you, a meek wife.

I gulped down words which I could have uttered,

But in your ominous presence, they lay fettered.

I wish to have spoken brave about how much I care,

Would that have stopped the pain, now too much to bear.

Fantasies extol demons who snatch good spirits

And keep them in their fold till we realise their merits.

Sometimes, a strange beauty is known to break a heart

A lovelorn partner may lose or fight to prove her part.

It is quite absurd that my silence took you away,

A stranger to you that I cannot undo, in me it’s to stay,

I weep long, then wipe my tears, I think it’s only fair

That you accept this stranger and be mine, else I really don’t care.

Srividya