Monday, February 14, 2011

Essence of Life


Searching for the missing

Essence of life

I looked every where

Is there a meaning

In this emptiness


Why sun sets

Why the sea waves fall

Why stars shine

Only in dark

Why the scent of your smile

Floats away, every time

I try to hold on

In my cupped palms


I gather the grains of sand

Left by your foot prints

In my heart

I smell the sunsets

…and your shadow

About to drop

In the spray of salty breeze

All over my yearning heart


The ledge of sand still waits

Where you sat down to count

Countless stars

– Fencing the endless horizon

Of this dark night

All still there, waiting

Remembering and living your smile


There was so little space between us

Then

Now the ocean has filled the gap

As we sit across, in our desert spaces

Orion’s belt still shines bright

Every lonely night

With the star

You gave me as farewell gift


You know, I was there tonight too

Like every dark night

Looking for you

Essence of life

__________

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya