Drink Up…

“Drink up O Heart

Before the darkness fades

Before the dawn arrives

And makes a mockery of

What is leftover of you

For the night is not long enough

And there’s little time

To heal those wounds

That you continue to caress

Only to find them aggrieved

For you must stop

Collecting the bits and pieces

Of yours

Off the footsteps

Of none other than

But trampling of your own

For walking away is never an option

And the day would never accept

Your deceptive extravagance

while

Romanticism of bohemia

Could not make up

For the void,

For the desolation is

Only relief, if any

And once more

Drink up O heart

And let yourself melt

And drench

Within that glass

Soak in the mirage

That unfolds

Beyond the horizon

Of deserted stars

And a raped silence

Which finds itself

Scattered

In the gloom

Of inanimate space

Which pretends to be otherwise

And yet…

For better or worse

You would know O Heart

For now, Drink up…”

Praveen Parasar

13/08/2018