When We See You Off

Its the day which I wish would never come,

Because it comes and never goes.

It starts with cheers and smiling lips,

So that you don't feel the pain.

The train comes and moves on with you,

It moves not on tracks, but

Slides down them to enter our hearts,

The shrill whistle is none other than

The throbbing pain of broken hearts, and lonely us,

It enters the tunnels of our veins and arteries-

And tears us apart;

But our lips smile so that you don't see the tears

Which flow down our cheeks,

'Coz eyes have not learnt to obey.

This is the day when we see you off!