Love Poem: The Art of Patience
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Written by: Subimal Sinha-Roy

The Art of Patience

In the desolate wasteland of deprivation Traversed listlessly by my indigent life I tried so very hard for so long To smoothen the angularities of our bond. Swirling in the egregious whirlpool of indignation Sucked into the abyss of despondent neglect I searched in vain for the path to your heart The feeling of dismal denial made me run away. But had I cultivated the art of patience and stayed on I would have seen the butterfly of yearning return Flitting in the changed time on its dreaming wings In my sensuous sky with the lattice of your charisma. With the whispering wind it would have created the music Harmonized with the rhythm of my heart Where longing would have danced with ripples of rhapsody Roll between you and me to entwine us forever. Consecrating the renascent craving called love You would have weaved the design of desire On the tapestry of heavenly togetherness That would have stayed unfurled till the end of time. _______________ October 31, 2022 Contest : I Chose To Run, But Had I Stayed, Things Would Have Been Like Sponsored by : Anoucheka Gangabissoon