BELATED HOPES

Somewhere along the way

we met

somewhere along the way

we parted

in between our meeting

and departure

much water flowed down the Ganges

sometimes quietly, smoothly and sometimes ferociously.

Now sitting at two corners

of the globe

we long for the proximity of each other

knowing fairly well

the insurmountable obstacles separating both 

and we know

this is life

this is the bitter truth .

Let’s nurse dreams

of a passionate reunion

at least in our next life

if there is a life after death….