When you feel lonely
It’s only inside
Outside
There is a crowd
Filling up
Your space with
Voices loud
But
Cannot fill
That hollow pit
In your heart
Left by someone who,
After playing
His part,
Vanished without a trace
You simply put up
A brave front
Maintaining your grace.
The clouds gather
In your eyes,
Do not shed
A drop of rain
The rainbow of
Your smile
Hides
Your intensity of pain
There’s a multitude
Outside,
To which
You don’t relate
A similar throng’s
Inside
No better
At any rate
The pains,
The tears
Invisible fears,
Unfulfilled desires
Some regrets
And some ires
The whole swarm
Is there, yet
The emptiness
Remains, you bet.
It’s a sad sad scenario
Come to think
Like you are at sea
And all around
You happen to see
Water water everywhere,
Not a drop to drink
Passion fills
Your heart to brink
Yet you feel
You’re going to sink
~Sudha Dixit
Bangalore, India