Grief of Sunset

When you left, slowly and steadily, in the horizon,

All of us were grieving,
At first there was denial,
look at the sky it is still blue,
look at the birds, chirping and flying
look at sea still so still yet dancing

Then came anger,
And sky turned red, so annoyed, like hot lava pouring..
then you started bargaining,
I will be here, look in the mirror hung there
You can see my light in different shapes
weaning and waxing, calming and romancing..

When no conversation was fruitful, you decided to leave
Turning the ocean into darkest shade of black..

My heart was so heavy, my pain piercing my soul..
My eyes adjusted to see some faint lines of waves
And a crescent hung over with your light
and small stars twinkling, saying it is not so bad..

I had accepted your departure and found solace in arms of sleep 

As 2021 comes to an end, we remember the year as one which took away near and dear ones from a lot of us.. It will be a year of grief for mankind.. It taught us life moves on, whatever happens we will bounce back, we will create metaverse, we will do work from anywhere, we will adapt, we will survive, we will shoulder our share of responsibilities.. We will face and conquer our griefs!!! Show must and will go on and on!! ( Till machines take over from us.. :D)

Empty!

Sometimes I want to pour my heart, on a piece of paper..

Drench it with intense emotions..

So much so that drying it is impossible...

I want to empty the mind letter by letter

All the words, all the alphabets, all of the equations,

pour it on paper for once and all..

Feel the emptiness, the nothing, absolute nowhere..

If I really do it, say today, say now

Will I be lost or will I be found by me?

To know the very question each time I start

But stop, somewhere fearing, I might lose it somewhere...