SOMETHING I LOOK AT-159

LET ME SILENTLY WITHER AWAY

Before someone tells me

it is time and I must quit,

let me leave the centre stage

making space for someone more fit.

Before they stop talking, 

let me talk to myself, 

listen to my voice, 

make me my best friend, 

Let me learn to keep quiet.

With no takers to what I say, 

let me value the beauty of silence

and remain within myself

Let me silently wither away

I know am not of any use to anyone,

don't have enough strength and will 

to carry on my shoulder someone else.

Let me accept the reality

Neither I can help nor accept,

nor can I teach and advise or

listen to someone's idiocy and high handedness 

Before the world leaves me

where I have been, let me withdraw

from all that I loved, endured 

and fancied more than my love and life.

Let me not forget 

I am still alive and someone needs me.

We are to live the last part of life

with ease and dignity 

Let me be with my love 

who carried my smile and tears,

love and frustration over the years 

without caring for her own

She can not see me reduced to a nonentity,

a man without dreams.

Let me live till I am alive 

with passion and dignity 

If not for me

For someone who loves me,

for whom I am larger than life 

and relationship.