An ode to my love

An Ode to My Love

By Chaitra Arjunpuri

He was calm outside

Deep, very deep inside

He welcomed me

With his open and gentle waves,

With broad and milky white smile,

And promises and hopes.

He taught me to swim

He made me to forget everything,

Even the world

I saw a new world in him

And thought,

He too saw a world in me!

I was about to drown,

Drown in his love

What’s that? 

Suddenly, one of his high tides

Threw me ashore

For reasons only known to him…

I could not reach him anymore,

I waited on the shore

Longing for him day and night

Asking him questions,

‘Why did you throw me away from you?’

I waited for his reply

‘What was my mistake?’

I begged him

Waiting for his answers

All I got was his silence,

Killing silence…

I cried, I screamed

No, my questions remained

Unanswered!

His silence remained

A riddle…

Now, I sought 

Reunion or Death,

The latter came easily.

Hovering over the sky

There came an eagle

Smiling all the while

At my plight 

Before I could say anything,

He swooped down on me

Holding me firmly in his claws

I looked down, 

He remained silent,

Not a single word… 

My last tear fell on the ground

And he gently swept it

I smiled at him for the last time

With unanswered questions

Buried in My heart

I flew with my new master

Who feasted on me

With all pleasure and 

Made me his part!

ps: The first and last poem I ever wrote in English, somewhere between 2004 and 2005, for the man who meant the whole world and without whom I couldn't imagine my life...