I Sit Here Alone, Today

On the same rusty bench, where we used to laugh

until our stomachs hurt, I sit 

gusty winds go rushing through the leaves, I think i hear you in them

the red sky alters to grave blue,but my heart still bleeds 

I look up for the stars, Oh! It's all mist

I see moon twinkling through the clouds ,smiling at me with pity

promising me better things ahead

but my heart, is well-versed with the outcomes of

plastic-promises

last night, I stumbled upon those letters

the ones where you promised me the world

I hardly cared for what luxuries you assured

satisfied with the fact that you were there in it

you said my tears will no longer cascade down my cheeks

well, it is true

wells of my eyes are all dried up, as you sucked up all emotions

out of it,   

approaching footsteps, i turn around

thinking its you, it's a stranger hurrying towards his home

well, i have nowhere to hasten to

my home, with you, is gone

as i sit here alone, today

with the clouds surfaced, the sky is white

as is my life, without you, colourless and dried 

never-ending mundane days transform into tiresome white nights

moments pass by, the pain persists

you made me fall in love with the nights, with the quietude and mystery

with you gone, they haunt me

reminding me of the beautiful moments,

when for hours, on the terrace, under the dimly lit white moonlight

we talked of our lives ahead

the privileges of yesterday are pathos for today

with the entangling of our hand, you intertwined my heart to yours

you watered it into a heart that loved all

with its strength gone, my heart shrinks, failing to love me alone

my heartaches made it sore, the edges of my broken heart hurt me more

now, with your promises gone, I promise to love myself alone

you failed to keep yours, but I shall keep the promise of mine     

as today, shattered, broken into millions, I sit on the rusty bench