Departure

As the train would start moving

I shall get away from you

Farther and farther

That glimmer of hope has vanished

After shining briefly for a few full moments

I would have loved you in fullness

I would have cared for you as I would

Care for one of my own

I would have kept you warm in winters

And made you feel good about life itself

And it would have made me feel good about life itself

A flicker which was gleaming in the horizon

Has vanished slowly, without a word

Silence steeped in silence

I sat down in silence in front of Buddha’s statue

And contemplated about life rushing by

Leaving me feeling sad in its wake

As my eyes burn with pollution

I remember your little face

It is rather a little strange that

I wanted to care for a person,

Love a person in flesh and blood

after a very long time

It made me feel good about myself at first

Signalling that emotions had made a home within me as well

But then I felt miserable as well for I saw you going away

Forever

But I shall wait for serendipity to strike my life, once again

As this planet rotates, days and hours pass by

I shall remember you briefly from time to time

As I remember many others whom

I had loved at some point of time

You shall remain one of my angels, forever

And the best part is that you shall never know

That someone loved you even for a brief moment

Your shining eyes with a look of bewilderment,

Fleeting familiarity

shall be remembered by me

for in my memory cabinet,

I have marked a space for you

As I leave the city, once again

I am feeling a little lighter,

like the Unbearable Lightness of Being

As my pen glides down on paper

It is your memory that I carve within my own caverns

Your shiny eyes and little mouth

And the train is departing

Slowly and steadily

Leaving in its wake

Memories.