Once There Was a Love
Together they sat by the side of a jumping cataract
Watching the sunlight dancing through the smoky vapour
With every droplet mirroring a spectrum of shades
Dreamt of a time when they would be man n’ wife
Never knowing one would vanish out from the sky like a rainbow.
He was a candle that glowed luminous
Emitting undeniable light of love and warmth
Who shone on her like the light of a harvest moon
A pillar, she thought, she could twine round
Like a creeping vine on a trellis
Now, as she sees the homing bird coming to join its mate
And listens to the notes of a nightingale from the deserted wood
She thinks of him and slips into an abyss of agony and longing
With waves of commotion swirling in her head
And sees her sky suddenly turning stygian black
When the setting sun in its twilight glows
When the waning day’s last glorious rays enclose
She seeks him in the hovering silence and seclusion of life
And wonder if love adrift and lost in the air
Would return once more to alight in her shattered heart....!
October.17.2022
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Inspired by a Song- Once There was a Love
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