Forlorn hope!
Tears were at the border of her eyelids
She couldn’t speak, lest she be heard
She couldn’t wail, lest people get to know
She couldn’t scream, lest the whole village should wake up
One drop after another, it poured out ever so silently
She did not understand her own pain
Was it her heart breaking? Or was it the faith she had in people?
Or was it just the trust she had in one person?
The trees were still swaying to the ballad of the night wind
The stars were shining ever so brightly
The riverbank echoed peace in every roar
Completely ignorant of the turmoil her mind was in
They had drenched in the rains and made small boats together
They had learned to spell alphabets and made mistakes together
They had written their names on the rocks together
They had eaten stolen mangoes together
He had gone, left without saying anything
Looking forward to a better world, a better future
Leaving her absolutely alone
Leaving her to cry into the wind
Was he keeping well?
She wished for his happiness, she prayed for his safety
She hoped he was having food at the proper hours…
Not a missive, Not a word, and yet it did not matter to her
Lips still pursed, with a lump in her throat
Never having known what it was to be an island
There she was standing at the footpath of the Railway station
Wishing, waiting, wanting…..
P.S: dedicated to a line in one of my favorite songs which i believe totally mirrors the idea behind this post “kyun khoya khoya chand ki firak mein talaash mein udhaas hai dil”-from Khoya Khoya Chand
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brilliant! The way the poem flows is unbelievable.It delivered the eggect it wanted to deliver.Awesome.Like I said your poems are brilliant.
“The riverbank echoed peace in every roar
Completely ignorant of the turmoil her mind was in’
Too good. Loved devouring it
wow… i’d've asked where did this come from… could one line of poetry alone inspire such a vast torrent?
kudos.. super kudos!
@nivi
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
hey thx dude… yet again first to comment
reminds of those days when we were in the very next seats….typing away to glory
@raghu
thx
… well u can take credit for this piece of poetry since u were the one who introduced me to the songs from khoya khoya chand 
Fantastic… Beautiful words.
BTW.. as I read I started feeling heavy in my heart..somethg which Im nt comfortable with… I generally keep off frm heavy themes
@cm-chap
I totally understand… ironically when i write somethin like this, it relieves me of all the heaviness in mine
Hai Anu,
Yet another wonderful Blog, which stirred heaviness in us also.”They had learned to spell alphabets and made mistakes together” was a beautiful expression of feelings.
The poetry was fantastic. Wishing to read more of your works!
MOM and DAD
Hai Anu,
Yet another wonderful Blog, which stirred heaviness in us also.”They had learned to spell alphabets and made mistakes together” was a beautiful expression of feelings.
The poetry was fantastic. Wishing to read more of your works!
MOM and DAD
Cool one…isn’t it…rather awesome……it sounds to me like “Diverged Road Part 2″….may be the same thing is running thru ‘her’ mind….after ‘he’ has left..!
hey anu,
that was really really nice.. it had a natural flow about it
i read ur thamizh poem too.. nicely done. btw i was able to read it clearly in firefox
@dad
thanks for the comments! glad u liked it…
“They had learned to spell alphabets and made mistakes together”..
this is one of my fav lines too
@milind
hmmmm someone has commented on my post!!! thats a wonder… guess its gonna snow in Huntsville today
Its definitely NOT “dverged roads” part 2… the characters are completely different
In diverged roads, she din want to let him go and yet she din want to stop him. he din wanna go and he wished for her to stop him
In this, he just left…. not a word, nothin…
@aravind G
Glad to know u have read and liked the poems
i guess i used to have an old version of mozilla when i wrote it
Wow. Good.
To me it also seems like the “16 vayadinilae” last scene