Like A Candle, I Burn In Quest Of True Love
Night after night, I try to trace your same fragrance
The same old scent of your messy wardrobe
That you left with me, of course with your cold departure
Oh, yes, I try to trace you amidst the crowd
Night after night, I try to trace your same fragrance
But in vain
Like a corpse, I suffer from lifelessness
I meet outsiders
I try to identify you with their fake laughter
I move here and there
For the sake of the same pleasure
Like a corpse, I suffer from lifelessness
But in vain
I am chased by the same hunger
Nobody can repair my damaged soul
I return desperately from each door to my lonely store
Like a candle, I burn
Without any respite from the echoes of your lovely chatters
Once my room was filled with your endless conversations
Now with my misery, I seek my expiration from my unwanted possession.

Picture design Anumita Roy, Different Truths

Dr. Sudipta Mishra

Dr Sudipta Mishra is an Indian author and poet. She is an erudite scholar of English language literature in the Puri District of Odisha. She is a source of inspiration for the young generation of this country. Her free verse in romantic and melancholic poems is appreciated around the world. She has penned more than a hundred articles.

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