THE EMPTINESS

One day the new landlord

along with his labourers 

came by lorry from elsewhere

followed by the JCBs.

First and foremost they

removed the gate

after which four tall 

compound walls demolished.

The huge pretty house

in the middle of the property

was brought down

and ensured that

not even a  single

remnant of the destroyed

structure was left behind.

The owner who was watching  

the entire structure

saw to it that the work was in progress.

And

as per his instructions

labourers uprooted the trees and plants

in the already drought-hit garden.

The land was leveled

as directed by him and

by evening thy returned

elsewhere. 

They came back next day morning

and took up the thread of the work

they left behind yesterday.

What happened to the

occupants of the house

along with the

former landlord, his wife

three girls  and their young brother.

A emptiness left in his mind

and memories of his love-affair

with the young, cute, attractive girl of

the house for a long duration entwined him.

Whither went the enigmatic girl

was the nagging question

tormenting his mind, her face  

without being able to

erase from his mind.

His old, golden memories

of the past flowed like

a ‘stream of consciousness’.

In the meanwhile

he was asking himself

what would be the plan

of the new owner in

future who  had taken up

the mantle handed over

to him by the former landlord?