ONLY I DESIRE TO GO WITHOUT MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE

Have you ever gone through the feeling,

Of being completely alone?

It's so vast,

It echoes through you,

There's no pain yet there's a vaccum,

So difficult to explain.

I never knew words could hold so much,

How deep they can run,

They touch every emotion, every sentiment,

Can breathe through the loneliness,

Rise and fall like a rhythm ,

Can read the depth of silence.

Sometimes the feeling of being invisible is fascinating,

Queer yet so alive,

One can hear a whisper,

It says that life can change in a second.

Fall gives way to winter,

Winter to spring,

The only constant in nature is change,

Heart's pain seeps away

Like water into sand,

Still there and there,so deep,

How much is left to explore ,

How much life to uncover,

Hope keeps me going

Always that hope

Fills me from top to toe,

I promise to go on forever, forever and ever,

Only when it's time for me to leave

I desire to go quick and easy,

Without making too much noise.

NANDINI MITRA © FEB 2023