The Autumn Poem

 For certain trees, autumn arrives earlier
Some bloom as the leaves shred to dust 
Some observe and some envy
Some pray for the season to pass and some sway naked with the breath of first wind
Some cry in the shallow winter of January...and there I bloomed in the melancholy of June
From mahogany to the finest teak
The cheer of cherry and the warmth of rose
Tall sturdy and I the floating mangrove
My roots tangled and my vines rusted and solemn
I long for your touch my soul both broken and crushed
The winter heat and the shade imbibed in the warmth of sun
Hollow from within...will I ever be called someone's home
A nest of nightingales an orchard of tranquil 
A cry of newborn...First flight of nocturnals
I speak and shout...shrouded and crumbled in a womb so dark
Didn't you realize...Didn't you witness, I wonder that you even acknowledged
I was freed only to be captured by your selfish arms
For certain trees, autumn arrives earlier
Mine kept me awaiting...Mine was snatched
I was burdened by the spring...Neither a single leaf turned pale
Neither a single leaf slept amidst the pages of your book
Neither a single leaf melted in the love of your palms

From the time you have left...I was frozen from the heart

By- Kshitij Sinha
18/10/2021 


 


  




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