I

"I am no more you

I am no more me

I am no more whoever I could be

I simply do not exist

I strayed and lost

I became a ghost

I am to be away

I am to be hated and dread

Alas! This had to be this way

We must face as it is

To face ourselves

Often as troublesome as it could be

Life offers itself in pieces

Pieces of you

Pieces of me

Pieces of us, in droplets

Droplets of time

Carries the sea we make out of self

Day by day, night after night

Only to drown you and me

Washed ashore, trashed away

Who are you?

Who am I?

Who could be the face we carried all along?

I am no more questions

I am no more the answer

I am not to be asked

I am not to be answered

I is the grave

This carries the corpse

As calm and silent it looks above

As much a storm it is within

I has no face

I has no space

I is a shadow

That deserves no solace..."

By: Praveen Parasar

Date: 27/2/2016