a sorry

25-april-05

a sorry



dear daffodil,
why u anchored in my rotten veins?
why u called me to this melting land?
where you have gone leaving me alone?

without telling any one,
without seeing anyone,
in my frozen dreams, a piano wept. . .

my dear bird, I never tried to wipe
your wet eyebrows by my lips. .
i never tried to see your distressed cheeks

how I spent days and days without
sharing without breathing
without seeing . . .

not even feeling the flow of your blood
i walked thro the bleeding heart of the city
i was alone . . . always

you were far away from me. ..always

my dear sparrow,

leave this nest of cracked lungs and fly
before the hunter comes

i am always tempting to say sorry. .
but you were far away from me . . .





_____Prathap