Loneliness, a companion of time
Unbeknownst to me,sits by my side.
Silently arms encircle, muffle my cries
‘I don't want you!’,’why?’,’why?’.
‘Humans are gregarious’ I was told
‘You are not alone. Don't cry!’,
‘I'll keep you company, till ur heartbeat lasts’
‘You are never alone, gregarious child!’.
Encircled, I look around
To happy souls, another's smile;
‘Gregarious you call me, silly fool !’,
‘Yet in a hole, you hold me from the world’.
Pushing off, I try to run
To the happy souls, the happy suns;
‘Leave your side,they will at some point’,
‘I'll be here till there is none’.
‘Silly child you are,little one’,
‘They'll leave; your heart will bleed;’
‘Come here in my arms ‘,
‘Protect, I will; so you shall never weep.’
At time’s bitterness, I did bleed.
The prediction was true in the end.
Yet more happy souls beckoned forth,
I took their hand for what it is worth.
‘Little one, again you will bleed.’
‘Come to me,to my side, ‘
‘Protect you I will,in my arms,’
From trickster souls and wicked knives, ‘
‘That I know, creature of time. ‘
‘I have bled and wept my heart.’
‘But it is the smiles, I see of happy souls,’
‘In the end, they always last. ‘
-Nandhitha