Love Poem: In The World Where I Do Not Exist
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Written by: Subimal Sinha-Roy

In The World Where I Do Not Exist


In the flushing garden path 
we walked entranced,
the scarlet sun spreading the spectrum of dawn, 
held us within the sequins of the sparkling sky.
You saw my heart contoured 
in the crimson curves of clouds,
but not for very long,
for the rainstorm ravaged the sky,
I disappeared beyond the rainbow arch.

Over the wavering waves of the desert dunes, 
we trudged with rhythmic exuberance,
until I melted away like mirage. 
You reached the verdant oasis, 
sprawling as the pulsating tapestry 
of my olive heart, 
swept away by the desert storm of yearning, 
lost in the miasma of opaque oblivion.

On the silver sands of the satin beach 
we traced the entwined fervent footprints. 
The rolling waves embroidered 
the pearly lattice on your lissom ivory feet.
As the tides of time erased my trail,
you now walk with poignant impulse
through the mist of cascading moonbeam 
that has dissolved my nocturnal quintessence.

The dazzling dawn of desire veneers 
your heart’s horizon with halcyon hues,
spreads the sunburst tinges 
of my timeless longing for you, 
you remember blushing aglow 
your emotive epitome fossilized long time ago,
painting the panorama of golden garden 
in your heart’s canvas, 
blooming with the luster of the lost love. 

Wandering listless in the wasteland 
of the waned memory of belonging,
your tear drops roll on the garden path,
wrapped with the bronze leaves of the fall.
Their rustle echoes your songs for me, 
long lost beyond the still shore of silence.	

When in the seraphic spring 
you're embraced by the ethereal essence of euphoria,
you'll never know 
how much I miss your world
where I do not exist.