When I Am Gone…

Those moonlight walks in Green Park

Those incessant pillow fights

Those self photography sessions

Those magic moments

Won’t ever come back again

The city of dreams that we once fashioned

Won’t crush ever in pain…

I will keep chanting your name

Even after years, decades and more.

You may not remember my face

You may forget my existence

You may go long way

Your name will always linger around

Like that soft winter breeze

Like the floating castle amid the pink heavens.

One day we will grow old

Thoughtful and mature

One day you will smile for another reason.

My words may look silly

Still I will keep gifting you

On every Valentine’s Day

My words have a voice

And your presence is the inspiration.

I imagine a perfect life

And without you, it’s hardly a life

Things may change around

Still my love for you won’t fade along.

Another year, another V-day, another moonlit night

I could again see the reflection of your face

In front of my eyes

I could see your long hair

I could see you chasing fireflies

I could see the silhouette of broken desire

Chanting my name amid the lonely sky…

By: Pallav