A Silent Remembrance Poem by Somnath Roy

The waves wash against the rocks,
And sadly turn away -
I hear the sound of my internal clock
Like a car speeding on a highway.

A silent pebble makes ripples on the water,
And slowly vanishes into the deep,
The sun sets in the day's third quarter,
As I sit alone on the shore and weep.

There was a similar setting a few years back -
Only it was filled with happiness and love;
A spark of romance that life currently lacks
A curse brought down upon me from above.

I loved my girl and she loved me too
Like Romeo & Juliet in a Shakespeare's tale:
We'd hold each other for hours under the sky - dark blue,
And share our romance with the omnipresent gale.

We had a perfect life filled with smiles -
A bond of unity that was hard to end -
The love flowed like the eternal Nile;
I was proud to have the most beautiful girlfriend

But then the sea that we adored
Betrayed us & sold her to death;
Her lifeless body washed ashore
Leaving me alive but taking away my breath