This earth witnesses...

 

Not a dating but a sudden call it was from her

What enticed her that day to be so different, so infuriated!

They met on a meadow at the riverside – it was a time of sunset

He asked her – why she invited him so suddenly and infuriatingly

She turned to him and said–“I have traced and found the meaning of life.

In such meaningful life, I do not see you as a close contributor.

Mind not, if I say you are dull and inert.”

She then paused for a while and said again -

“Forgive me…you will know, this is our last meet”

Was that to him like awakening of rivulet from a dream?

We will know later…only time can say

He said – “…well, it is your choice but, if you wish please,

appear again after twenty-five years at the same place, same time…

Though it will be a long time dear and change, I will see in your face

Nevertheless, your eyes will never hoax me”

Saying this, he turned and went back home.

Thereafter, he did not remember how many times -

The moon and the stars appeared and disappeared,

The mice and the owls, in full moon, invaded the paddy field,

How many men gone into sleep rolling to their left and right!

How many sweet hearts turned into bitter hearts!

But, he stayed calm without shutting his heart.

It seems, time appears much faster than the speed of stars!

Yesterday, there had been a thunderstorm whole night

Today he watches - a sparrow is looking at her broken nest painfully

This earth witnesses - none but he is close to her!

Andis

Kolkata

August, 2011