Loss

Roared the sea into his ears,
and heard the heart which had been seared...
Separation was what he most feared,
And it had come true, snatching his endeared.

Leaves had fallen, shaking the earth,
and there he'd put his heart into the hearth.
Emotions had got him in their girth,
Setting him on a rollercoaster's berth.

The waves to the shore came back,
But she didn't, her presence lacked.
Carrying that weight in an empty sac,
Bearing his heart's worst attack.

He walked and walked on the beach,
And in pain,let out a loud screech.
Realizing she was now out of reach.
He searched for a way to breach.

The hand which ruffled his hair,
He now seemed to find nowhere,
That was the support he could adhere,
They were the world's closest pair.

Tried a lot, the doctors said,
but she could not be saved
He was still proud of her,
for the way she braved;
But he missed her loving touches,
it was what he craved,
Also loathed her for the way
she in the end had behaved.

Hid the very truth from him,
on and on she lied,
Could she now bear to see
from the heavens as her dear one cried?
Recalling the plans they made,
he let out a smile and sighed;
He wanted to take her with him,
but in the end, god defied.

Nine months he had grown in her womb,
And now he stood helplessly over his mother's tomb.
Suddenly, a voice said, "Don't sink into gloom.."
"For mama would always be there and over you would swoon"

- Chinmayee Kulkarni