I have let you walk away
You, my darling always had the final say
It was you who gifted me your heart
Even though you knew I was an upstart
No past to boast of
No future flow chart
A vagabond, loner, a life falling apart
It was you who healed my wounds
Holding my hands under the crescent moon
Protecting me always from encircling hounds
All those precious moments
You erased from your soul without lament
Branding me a loser, a hopeless painter
You awoke from your silvery dreams
All my yearnings under your feet you trimmed
My fate you decided to rewrite-
By sealing your future with a wealthy upstart
Your parents never looked beyond my skin
An orphan, like me could never fit into their bill
You, want to walk on a gossamer path of wealth
Feel free; go ahead, my heart will bless you at every bend
But those moments I spent in your arms
Are my earnings of this lifetime.
Your moans of ecstasy after a night of passion
Will be my tokens of fond remembrance
Take my life, claim my soul
But these moments are solely my own
You have no claim on my treasures
My sweat and blood that I had shed underneath your bower
Waiting, pining, for a glimpse, ignoring the passing hours
Will you be able to return them measure by measure?
I am uncouth; I am brute by your society’s yard stick
I do not care; I do not bootlick
My heart is the sole custodian of your memories
No one, not even you can access those lost dreams
The floodgates would one day burst from the seams
My broken dreams, my hopes, my aspirations will beckon
That day you will look up at the stars, you will reckon
Looking at the glimmering canvas,
Your heart will retrace the way
Our hearts will conjoin at the crossway
You are mine, I am yours
Beyond the boundaries of time and space
We will be always together in myriad ways.
Dr. Paromita Mukherjee Ojha
Dr. Paromita Mukherjee Ojha is a voracious reader, an accomplished painter and an educator by profession. She has presented and published more than twenty-one research papers on literature, language and human resource. A participating author/poet of multiple national /international- short story and poetry anthologies, she is a member of editorial team – Navy Wives Welfare Association Annual Magazine, Veerangana.
She was a participating poet in a poetry anthology titled Umbilical Cords: An Anthology on Parents Remembered published by Global Fraternity of Poets in January 2015. Besides, she was a participating author in a short story anthology titled Defiant Dreams: Tales of Everyday Divas, published by Readomania (January 2015), participating author in a short story anthology titled When They Spoke: Tales by Inanimates, published by Readomania (January 2016), a participating poet to a poetry anthology titled Cologne of Heritage: Incredible Bengal, published by Vishwabharati Research Centre (2017), a participating poet to a poetry anthology titled Spring: The Season of Love, published by Aditya Prakashan (2017); and a participating poet to a poetry anthology titled Love at First Sight, published by Aditya Prakashan (2018).