• I.

    Blissfully blind,
    I stood there unknowing
    Oblivious of the coming,
    Inevitable fate

    Like wind
    Whisking past me
    It was fast;
    Barely felt

    Reaction
    Was futile,
    Far far gone
    Inaptly dealt

    Pleading, calling
    I’ve scarcely
    Taken you in

    Wind, don’t go
    You’ve barely
    Touched my skin

    How, can one
    Consent,
    Bend to unfairness?

    How, can one
    Forget,
    Memories of joy?

    How, can one
    Let go,
    Someone heart-deep?

    How, can one
    Continue,
    With, a missing piece?

    II.

    Laughter
    Was our companion
    It follows us
    In every waking

    Another day;
    A joy
    Sleeping;
    A delay

    Remember
    The taunts,
    The kicks,
    The smacks?

    Truly, for a
    Reason,
    Wasn’t that
    Enough?

    Didn’t we
    Smile
    And laugh,
    Then cry?

    Then why,
    I ask,
    Is there still
    Goodbye?

    The bond’s
    Tightly knitted,
    It’d be hard
    To take

    The bond’s
    Getting deeper,
    It’d be a waste
    To break

    III.

    You were
    My sister,
    My roomy,
    My ally

    You were
    My comfort,
    My cheer,
    My smiles

    You were
    My rival,
    My compliment,
    My nightmare

    You were
    All that’s happy,
    And lively,
    And bright

    I could keep
    On going
    And going
    And going

    But truth is,
    Soon,
    I’ll be deprived
    Of the right

    Soon, like
    The wind
    You will
    Be going

    Fully knowing
    You,
    I’ve barely
    Enough time.

    It’s too
    Soon to go,
    I’ve barely
    Enough rhymes.

    Know that by going,
    I’ll be
    Deprived of
    My smile.