I Don'T Know Why... Poem by Stephen Styris

I Don't Know Why...
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No matter how hard I try,
No matter how loud I cry,
No result if I swim until I die,
In my tear’s sea, under the cloudy black sky!

I’ve been given nothing -
No excuses, no chances,
No photograph, no meeting places,
Just nothing -
To make this friendship everlasting!

I had many a female friends,
And still I’ve many a she friends,
But none could be so good a friend like you,
And move my heart in just days so few!

Everything now seems like dream,
Which may fade in this unstoppable time stream,
But I hope it’ll last, as friendships seem,
And I hope, it’ll be one day, enlightened by a colorful sunbeam!

I know not if she really likes me as a friend,
But for the sake of friendship, I’m always a saint,
I know not if she thinks this friendship as just a part-time job,
Which will, in no time, suddenly stop! !

And may be thus my great ship will one day sink,
And our friendship will die,
In the tear’s sea, under the cloudy black sky! !
But still, I don’t know why! ! !
****** Dipankar Bhagawati.
B.A.1st year; Bongaigaon College.
E-mail: stephen_styris@yahoo.com