In memory of Rup Advani

WHEN YOU ARE GONE

My space is empty

Only solitude remains.

In the shadow of sadness                                                                                 

Trying to erase you from my mind,

But the moment eyes closed

You’re there standing.

Do you remember?

“No more private dreams

Our dreams mingled

Two souls unite

When love finds and binds the two of us”. 

Do you remember?

All the comforts of life we shared,

Happy and sad days combined, you by my side.        

Warrant of destiny came in surprise form

And you’re gone forever.

Only the presence of happy memories remains, now tinged with sadness!

Inescapable sorrows and happiness are elements of solitude for the moment?

(Rup, my soul mate for 36 years left this worldly abode on February 17 1997.  I post this poem in his fond memory.)