“While you were sleeping”
We haven’t met for a long time,
In the sea of depression
I was drowning
Half awake throughout the night
Even dreams were hurting
My eyes, while
You were peacefully sleeping
I counted stars but lost the count
Even lonely moon
Empathized with me, when,
Into the pillows
He saw me,
Silently weeping
While you were quietly sleeping
I went through emotional tempest
I braved the heavy shower
I measured whole horizon
Kept wandering in love’s desert
Chasing the deer of desires
And unaware of all the din,
You kept blissfully sleeping
~Sudha Dixit
Bangalore, India