Wistful Musings

Those were the grains ……….the grains of sand Lying bare in her outstretched hand Of them she was loved by all All loved her and she loved them all She saved them from the wind that could have blown them away And from the rains that could have washed them away She protected them with all her might But still lost one the other night The lost grain was dearest of all And she could do nothing to save its fall And its fall was the saddest fall For that grain was the dearest of all That grain was hope, her strength, her pride No longer ….because the hope has died The strength has weakened and the pride is lost For she lost someone she loved the most The loss would change her life for years to come And not a thing she could do to make the past undone The tears rolled from the shut eyelids Through the sunken cheeks to dry lips The Supreme did nothing to wipe her tears To heal her wounds or to allay her fears Why is HE so uncaring, unloving a...

She was somebody whom I knew for years And we had been through smiles and tears. Our friendship turned people around green And I wish the thing were as they had been But both time and people change And now her face has become strange Her feelings have changed, also her behavior All I am left with is pain to bear She has moved on to people who are better And in this God has been a great helper She has found people who will be better friend Those who would be there till very the end Just hope that her life is devoid of tear And of sadness she has no fear And now, in her life, I realize who I was I… I was just a brief pause For her I was a railway station Just another stop before her final destination Like a train she stopped at it for some time And I like an idiot thought she was mine Those were the times when we fought a lot But now I wish she forgets me not ‘Coz now she has gone for her destination With me dying for her affection In all this confusion, a friend I lost The friend whom I...