See You Soon!
"I measure every grief I meet,
With narrow probing eyes,
I wonder if it weighs like mine,
Or has an eaiser size."
And as I sit on a shabby table,
To dine with my guest "grief",
I ensure I've served the right cuisines,
Only to bring some relief!
We silently look down and eat,
Each uncomfortable by the other's side,
I finally find the courage to ask
"What brings you here? How long will you reside?"
Ashamed of his presence, he looked up at me,
His eyes were old, his hair gray,
"Have come to settle previous dues,
Will leave at the break of day."
For the rest of the meal we both were silent,
I studied him quietly,
He greedily gulepd down the food,
Not once did he look at me.
Inspite of finishing my meal I sat
And waited for him to finish,
After dinner he walked to the guestroom,
And soon I saw the light diminish.
As I lay awake on bed I recalled
The few times he'd visited me before,
And how with each time that he came
We got to know one another more.
On the break of dawn I saw him leave,
Walk down and far the lane,
I smiled at the man of his word
And moved on to life again!
With narrow probing eyes,
I wonder if it weighs like mine,
Or has an eaiser size."
And as I sit on a shabby table,
To dine with my guest "grief",
I ensure I've served the right cuisines,
Only to bring some relief!
We silently look down and eat,
Each uncomfortable by the other's side,
I finally find the courage to ask
"What brings you here? How long will you reside?"
Ashamed of his presence, he looked up at me,
His eyes were old, his hair gray,
"Have come to settle previous dues,
Will leave at the break of day."
For the rest of the meal we both were silent,
I studied him quietly,
He greedily gulepd down the food,
Not once did he look at me.
Inspite of finishing my meal I sat
And waited for him to finish,
After dinner he walked to the guestroom,
And soon I saw the light diminish.
As I lay awake on bed I recalled
The few times he'd visited me before,
And how with each time that he came
We got to know one another more.
On the break of dawn I saw him leave,
Walk down and far the lane,
I smiled at the man of his word
And moved on to life again!
posted by Meghna Bhujwala at 6:39 AM
3 Comments:
Hey thanks a lot Meghna.
I'm a great fan of your poems.
You write them so naturally and truthfully, it's just awesome.
keep it up... :)
-Sankalp
2 things i loved about the poem were..
1."previous dues" we all hav previous dues with grief,and he visits us regularly to settle them.
2.
"On the break of dawn I saw him leave,
Walk down and far the lane,
I smiled at the man of his word
And moved on to life again! "
no matter how profound our grief..it always does go away.theres always the light at the end of the tunnel..it may b too far to se but its always there.
i read this some where "the darkest hour of the night comes just before dawn"
In fact grief visits us regularly to show us the other colors oof our life.it makes the happy times seem better.
i hav a lovely poem on this il post it on my blog soon.tc
Brilliant!!!
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