Comfort Dreams - Free Verse Poem
Rinita is a creative writer, with focus on poetry. She delves into several forms including Haiku/Senryu, Sonnets, Free Verse, and Prose.
Background
This is a poem about that time of life, when falling in love with someone is the truest feeling one can experience. It is about the feeling that transcends social boundaries of wealth, education, and so on. Years later, these remain in the mind, or come back, as the most comfortable dreams.
The Poem
Walking barefoot on the summer grass
Of my old varsity quad
Falling in love with the frivolous fall
Letting the first flakes of snow
Caress the tear-laden cheeks
I have nowhere to sleep
Yet I cherish the dream
He makes a penny or two, selling cans
Dawn till dusk he roams on foot
Burns the midnight oil, at the library
Where my assignments pile up, peeks he
Through the dusty books, our eyes meet
I have no more to write
Yet I rhyme my words
We gather around warm tea, giggling girls
He is the one man, we all have eyes for
It matters not he is poor, we all are
We secretly hope, rather I, he cares
I sing, until my heart beats a melody
I have no more music
Yet I tune-in my harp
There is no food, nor a stone bed
I walk all night, knock on his door
It is sunrise, he is heading to work
I enter, he stops, and denies his departure
His mother gives me an apple to eat
I have no more hunger
Yet I savour the sour fruit
Our eyes meet across the bare room
The feeling wordless, but no cares
He sees me to the door, sans goodbye
It is the beginning of a new end
I am left to cry, dry, and return
I have no home to turn to
Yet I know the heart where I live
© 2018 Rinita Sen