THE VACUUM

I stopped watering my rose-plants

the very day you left me alone

after gifting me a spring season.

Every day I came to you

to gift a rose-flower

as a token of my intense

and irresistible love towards you.

Now that you have

left a vacuum in my life

I find my life crawling

like a snail.

Once, while you were a

part of my life

I used to smile to myself

closing the door of my room

and danced

like a peacock.

I thought you would   

never leave me alone

but destiny decided otherwise

now that the rose-plants

are gone

unable to withstand 

the torch of summer.

And I withdrew

into my own shell

where only the vacuum exists.

You might be recalling

those days

when we sat side by side

looking straight into

the eyes without blinking

till our eyes turned moist

you must be recalling

the moment when

our lips touched the first time in our life.

That moment is still

etched in my mind

I know you also keep

it for yourself

it was such a precious

hilarious moment in our life.