As the sun glittered
Through the cracks on the glass
And the sound of falling sand
Hit the ears from the hour-glass.
The moments silky to the fingers;
Slid on and on under touch.
Till it seemed nothing was left;
But indeed, what lay was much.
His body made of lines and planes,
His eyes sparkling like diamonds cut.
His heart all light, yet heavy to self,
As he calculated an ‘if’ and a ‘but’.
His life was a hazy maze
Till he made up his mind.
She looked at him with half-closed eyes,
He kept gazing as if blind.
Her body made of pulp and dust,
All her being poured through her eyes.
He held her close; like letting her go;
As his mind shouted all the ‘whys?’
He’d loved her, he’d lived her.
He gazed on and on to capture.
He cried as he listened and counted
All the breath that came from her.
She belonged there, right on his chest.
He had the key to all she had.
Why fate chose that she should leave;
And he should remain eternally sad?
The music remained long after that last sigh,
And kept coming back to him like echo.
Her lifeless body clung to him,
He stroked her hair as if she were much more.
His heart expanded, his veins exploded,
A curve touched his lips; he looked insane!
The smile held all he felt
As he said, “Nothing should remain.”
“Never is a long time”, he said,
“Forever sounds good.”
The Earth has all mortals,
So he chose ‘Forever’ with all that he could.
Night lay on its elbows to watch-
She battered and he poisoned lay…
Destiny loved their love enough,
Love had had the final say.
As the stars glittered
Through the cracks on the glass…
And the sound of falling sand
Hit the ears from the hour-glass…
The moments silky to the fingers;
Slid on and on under touch.
Till it seemed nothing was left;
But indeed, what lay was much.
