You Never Thought Poem by gul naz

The place where once you parted with me,

I am still standing there with hands stretched.

Ages have been passed but you never looked back.

You promised me you will return one day;

You promised me you will be back by spring.

Springs have been passed:

Of youth, of love, and of life too.

I am no more a spring flower now,

But I am still here waiting for you.

I didn’t stir,

My eyes never closed,

The pupil of my eyes is fixed on the spot,

From where you once gone leaving me alone.

You fired the flame in my little heart,

I never allowed the flame to die,

But the flame so kindled that I am now ashes.

Between the ashes and woods of pine-

The place where once you left me alone-

Come and blow my ashes away,

So I can be free forever now.