Adieu

Farewell to Life...

 

Before I depart,

let us stroll on the silky shores, bare-footed,

and collect handful of sandy spiral seashells.

Let’s gather the sea in our palm-cups,

while the saline silvery waves soak us

till our bodies are transparent,

shining like silvery stars

ferrying on the feathers of fluffy clouds.

 

Before I shut my eyes,

let the sizzling sun and mischievous moon play

the incessant game of  chess on

the sky’s contoured  chessboard of 

white-squared days and black-squared nights.

And like a solitary pawn, I will watch them afar

waiting for death’s concluding checkmate…

 

Before I’m reduced to ashes

let the lamp of my life glow brightly

with the radiant oil of love and longing,

yearning for the cruel fate to

put out the flame of my life

while my desires stay buried deep

with my vestiges in the urn.

 

Before this night fades away and slumber stirs me,

let the mist of your memories march

on my mind’s crimson mat

for I know that although

your closeness is not chiselled in my destiny, yet

I eternally wait for the lotus of love to blossom

in your heart’s Eden.

 

Before I bid Adieu and pen my last poem,

let me retrospect how swiftly

this treacherous life has ended!

And if I were to die tomorrow,

I would borrow a few precious moments

from my Creator -

for I have lived as if I was never going to die

and I will die as if I never lived…

 

 

Copyright©2011 Bharat B. Trivedi

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Sakshi]

Dear Bharat,
This is an immensely descriptive and emotional poem! I love it immensely, not just because it is an incredible read but also because it inspired me to write...to do...to live... Death is inevitable, but and the course to it decides a lot of THE END!!