The Journey

The Journey

Cold was the night we talked for the last time

As cold as it gave me chills; which I never felt while making love to you

Scary was the night you left me forever alone

As scary as I felt inside that closed room

I looked up, the sky was clear but the stars never shined

They looked gloomy as they could feel my pain

I wanted to move ahead leaving your essence behind

Sunny was the day I had a little glimpse of you

As sunny as the day we went out to the park, had our first kiss

I failed trying to recall what you gave me on last Valentine’s

I think it’s this blue scarf I’m wearing or I bought it from that shop, downtown

My memory is fading or you are fading away from my memory?

Although it’s been a journey, one hell of a journey

We’d fall & get up & fall again

I heard something which broke the silence, a melody

Melancholy was the sound of the bird’s song

As melancholy as the little boy who has just lost her mom

I was shivering through the night

The false alarm woke me up & I realized I was drowning in my own tears

I had a dream, it was happy but I cried knowing it was just a dream

I felt empty

As empty as it gets from selling your soul to the devil

Did I have a soul? Even before I sold it? I think I fooled the devil

He took something away but it wasn’t my soul

It’s you, it belongs to you, he took you away

Now I see you everyday, we look at each other but don’t talk

You are polishing the gate of hell & me, the lock

By Anamika Dutta©