Saturday, February 27, 2016

In Limbo


Thought of texting you
And share entirety
Even and odd
Stored in self-shelf
To soothe its wounds and cuts
Asking your commitment
And its validity
Handful “ifs” and worried “buts”
Fueling my anxiety

Abbreviated connotations
Of “goodnight” and “take care”
Emoticons against
Clenched flare
Cheery “whats up”
was answered in snubbed “nothing”
Seems you wiped off
Tear dropped on the screen
Or rigid like a rock
deleted everything?
  
Perhaps, more comforted
By my absence
Or concealing that not-conveyed
wanted whiff of presence?
Cherished memories
And trialed trust
Solicited ambiguity
Your voice echoed
Lured by inseparability

“Silence” couldn’t be typed
On smartest of the devices
No font no color
Script of impatient eager
Curious how’s and whereabouts
Convincing nascent anger
to hold a positive vibe
Words face scarcity
to describe

Parallel to this I spend my day
Sulking in and smiling out
Checking the inbox
A hundred times
Yet there ain’t any “bye”
Unspoken volumes
Ended in a simplest “Hi”
I wonder all this happens
Between a sent message
And that awaited reply

© Juhi Gupte

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