Escape

I have waited very long for you to come.

There are nights when you visit me;

I see you in my dreams,

Far away from me sitting on a river bank.

I try to come closer

But you somehow manage to escape.

Sometimes with the first ray of light,

You touch me in the morning.

I have tried to hold you,

But you somehow managed to escape.

At times, you walk with me in the evenings,

Under the street lamp, I have seen your shadow in mine.

I looked up with joy

And my eyes tried to engage yours

But you somehow managed to escape.

The other day I saw your reflection

In the twinkling stars.

I was happy to see that distant reflection.

But in a fraction of second,

The dark clouds appeared over the twinkling stars.

Yet again you managed to escape.

Then one day I thought I will write a story;

A story of you and me.

I thought I can keep you with me

Written in my story.

But from those words in the pages,

You somehow managed to escape.

Picture Courtesy: Kapil Sharwa