Jostled,
I rub
My
half-awoken eyes
My voice has failed me
Yet
I let out a cry.
I
halt. I listen.
I
squint. Then pry –
The day’s just begun –
Lot’s
to be done, when there’s light.
To
many it’s another day,
That’ll
just pass by.
To me, it’s a lifetime –
To
be lived in black & white.
Like
ship-men who've embarked
To
rummage in the dark
I
switch on his PC
And
it slowly comes to life.
Its
white screen blinks at me –
Awake,
and bright
Now, that voice too has left me
Let’s
give words a try.
Search
terms also fail me
For
a ‘search’ now dropped
Among this war & cry,
My
loved one, I've lost.
He
smiles at me from a distance,
It’s
a snap clicked some time back.
I
notice, his smile is hazy
And
a tear, those dark eyes wear.
When
you stop looking,
There’s
so much you’d see.
And
when you stop seeing
There’s
a lot left to perceive.
The
TV screams out updates –
It’s
absconding, broke, or found?
I
see him smile at me,
From deep underneath,
His black eyes glistening
From
the salty seas.
Maybe
my long wait,
Is
not worth-the-while.
With him gone
I’ve
been left to scrounge.
With
all might I push
My
wheel-chair around
(Didn't
I tell my limbs failed me
the
day he was born?)
