Anamika, You Are Weeping, Your Wet Eyelashes, I Can See, Feel (To/ For Anamika, A Nameless Unknown Maiden) Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Anamika, you are weeping,
The tears splashing the lashes
And the eyelids red with,
I can see you
Trying to avert and avoid the gaze,
Trying to wipe out
But the tears flowing,
Flowing in and out,
Wetting it all,
The hands, palms
And the handkerchief.

Your wet eyelashes,
Eyelashes, Anamika,
I did not,
I did not,
Could not, could not feel and mark them,
Anamika,
Your wet eyelids,
Eyelids, Anamika,
If you could,
Pardon me,
Pardon me, Anamika,
If I…

Your wet, wet eyelids,
Eyelids,
Your wet, wet, Anamika,
As the clouds burst
And it evaporates and drizzles,
As it blooms the flower
In the wild tract
And scatters over the pathways,
I, I could not,
Could not your pains,
Anamika,
O, Unnamed Mistress!

Your wet, wet eyelashes,
Your wet,
Wet eyelashes, Anamika,
I could not,
Could not forget them,
Your wet eyelashes,
Eyelashes,
Anamika!