Part 2
Copyright © 2004 Dibyayan Basu
The only one time my voice has trembled
The only one time I felt alive
~Purti Awal
By this flame works weary
Hand, theres warmth in sky
Which says the end is near
For dreams seeking to fly
And yet I’ll write till ink
Runs dry because I fear
Tomorrow heralds a time
When I can never be near
When last rays set over hills
Beyond, they whistle tunes
Heard as we lay in fields
Drenched clean by the moon
I hold your little feet, you
Laugh when I kiss your toes
Gazing me with eyes so pure
Like first flakes, falling snow
Glowing quietly as they fall
On mine, amid strange light
That fills spaces, which speak
Of lovers lost in the night
One that lives on till eternity
Shining brighter than any day
As Heaven’s voice resounds
His children are out to play
You’ve clasped my arm, it
Seems life flows through
The touch you’ve laid upon
One without slightest clue
You…you’re with me
You’re all I have now
Search, I seek your face in
Every shadow that surrounds
My life today, the stars are out
I see they’ve written your
Name all over the dark pages
Wherein I’ve often sought
Finding traces leading toward
The calm, lying within ecstasy
Arising from memories, visions
Telling me I’ll embrace you
Once more before I leave
Why can’t I wait for moments
I’ve waited all these days for?
Impatience seizes every trace
Of passions you said would
Last forever, they can’t fade
I don’t want them to, there’re
Parts of me wishing to push
Past it all, face reality which
The purity of your mind
Still holds on to promises
While I watch you sleep
In a room that echoes
Beatings of a heavy heart
Is that my name your lips
Utter as I run my fingers
Through your hair, are they
Just whims of sentiment
Refusing to leave me alone
I must rise, depart, fight
Self and the anxiety within
Mornings when I woke to
Touch the rays as they fell
On your skin seem distant
As my senses long to smell
The air you breathe, its hard
To see reason anymore when
I know you are my reason, it
Hurts each time I descend
Into depths of yesterday
Showing what could’ve been
In endless wait to perceive
A world tomorrow has seen
Emotion’s a flood I wade past
Quietly taking in the rain
Which pierces every hope of
Rushing to share your pain
Prayers fill meadow, brook
Places we’ve come to know
And my spirit wanders about
Madly, ever reluctant to go
Beyond the path your steps
Have shown, its there I lie
Will lie forever, approaching
Dawn prevents further my
Lament, death blows against
Doors that’ve held in my song
Praying we’ll meet once again
In the heavens where we belong
Time hath passed…I love you
I have, will and was meant to
Is there a wound love can’t heal?
Is there pain love can’t feel?
It was for love He made us all
I met love when I heard your call
Me tomorrow brings an hour,
Showing where I was meant
To be, Buried in the depths
Of pining eyes or subtle end
Beneath war stained skies
Looking out the window
I see where I once stood
Hours on end to hear soft
Traces of a voice that would
Raise in me desires crying
For patience to hold on
This way until light flowed
Filling the murky forlorn
Waters wherein I drowned
Without shores nor hand
To pull me beyond misery,
Bring me nearer to land
And through walled glass
When two stray gazes met
I tasted a million times the
Sweet scent of your sweat
Melting to fall amidst summer
Green, dew stained grass
We required living endlessly
Instants that’d never pass
But they did and left me
Lonely, where I am today
The valley lies empty while
I face an all-changing day
Yet these ears strain further
To catch the faintest sound
Enchantment in those eyes
Windows that can’t be found
Dearest, hold me closer
The night’ll be over soon
There’s a tear for every
Word the silence of your
Tongue calls me by, drops
For silent expressions that
Made my soul shiver, sure,
Can anyone ever be sure?
All I wanted was existence
Under your wings, my angel,
Visit my dying dreams one
Last time, if there was fear
Take it away, teach me the
Strength in my weakness
