Have you been fretting…
incessantly?

Have you been suggesting…
silently?

Have you been crying…
inaudibly?

Have you been alone…
increasingly?

Have you been drifting…
steadily?

Have you moved on…
already?

The wallpapers turn stale
The texture had devoured your fragrance…

The books grow soggy
The pages had felt your breath…

The windows scream
The panes had seen you leaving…

as I live by what you had said
as I forget what I had been
as I choose to see it
as I stay put
as I exist.

Pent up emotions
A whirlwind of expectations
The vacuum of anticipation
Surrogate designation
Embryonic something
Lost the desire to be born
Looking for peace,
Round and around.
The end of another year
Faces to be replaced
(Stay detached, they say,
They are not to stay)

Lessons learnt,
and yet
No lessons learnt
The hope of future and the future of hope
Entwined with the cavitised memories
The same window
The same smile..