ROBBER

The day on which

you visited my home

together with your parents

and a few close relatives

I was all joy and happiness.

Only after you went

with your near and dear

I felt something missing within me.

While I was groping

along the dark alleys of my mind   

the light I saw at the end of tunnel

I knew you have stolen my heart.

In the night

after slumping into the bed and lay

your face started playing

hide and seek game

robbing away with my heart.

You came from nowhere in the thick of night

and entered my bed-room stealthily

and lay by my side you asked me :

‘you are still sleepless?’.

I couldn’t find words

to explain my predicament

since I  was drowned in the pond of overjoy.

Hugging me planting kisses galore

down my forehead

lips, cheeks, hillocks and my valleys

you were emotions unlimited

you lay by my side until

I fell asleep

deep sleep it was.

In the morning when

I woke up from

slumber you were not by my side.

My delight vanished and

I plunged into the abyss

of melancholy.

I awaited patiently until

the darkness got thickened.

But you didn’t turn up 

leaving me in tears

and I felt like my

senses going haywire…..

I was still certain you

would come to me one day……