He and She, joyful and so full of life…
Destiny took a walk in their lives.
Friendship turned to love, they knew not when;
Love lit up a desire with a yearning to be together, they knew why then;
One starry night in each other’s arms, they unite, mind, body and soul;
Passion bore fruit and not before long, they brought to life lovely girl twins;
He and She, joyful and so full of life….
Destiny took a walk in their lives.
The call of the siren! War had just begun!
Brave men like hers just had to go, for they could never say no;
“Who is my papa?”
“I am,” she said.
“But you are my momma!
“Yes,” she said.
Her beloved girls were bewildered;
She bit her lip to the taste of her own blood;
Destiny took a walk in their lives.
The war seemed endless, he never came back or wrote;
He hated to kill and bury, but he had to do so;
Love, hatred and fear, he had seen it all;
Lost a limb and paralysed, yet he survived;
He knew he could never be the same;
The man that he once was;
A heart filled with desire, love and warmth.
Time flew, seasons changed;
Destiny took a walk in their lives.
Two wrinkled faces lit up like stars;
As their eyes met within the walls of an asylum;
Tears of joy and sorrow mingled;
Words choked up within the depths of their past;
A timeless friendship comes alive albeit in a world of silence.
Destiny stopped dead in its tracks!
He and She, joyful and so full of life ………….
- Published in The Hans India Daily on Sunday, the 14th June, 2015. Thanks to Atreya Sarma for presenting my poem. This was also appreciated by Estrade e-zine's writers' club at British Council Library. Thanks to you all for the kind words:-)
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