The Crescent Smile Poem by Rajesh Gurung

Stepping out into the silvery darkness
A chill wind made a big effort in vain
to still my bursting heart into calmness
which maddened at the thought of her again
There she was with all her beauty
My heart froze for a fraction of time
as she smiled at me elegantly
Oh was it sublime?
Words lost their meaning
for we could read our souls
the sound of the night merging
into songs, bridging our two worlds
A sudden chill blew at my depths
shattering my reverie
I had broken promises and debts
A long and lonely road lay ahead of me
I retraced my steps to my room
My world away from worlds
Back into the gloom
Into my mind’s realms
Something tugged at my heart
and I found myself in the night
Alas! little did I know she did depart
without as much as a goodnight
Even to this day I look up
into the heavens
With the hope she might be about
hoping to see the crescent moon by chance