Shashi Gupta

I see your face when I close my eyes
When I blink my eyes, I see you there
Of course it's just my imagination 
For you are not here, you never were.
I've moved on in time but somethings stay still
Stagnant on the surface of time are images
That my mind conjures up from the past
A past I lived in, of my own sweet making
Now sorrowful I am, though I know the truth
The images on the wall are slowly fading 
Shadows of the passing of times I hold dear.
Bittersweet memories arise from the past
Forsaken for their being drenched in falsehood.
A magic I created in the eyes of my mind, my heart
A world so beautiful that all else seemed faint
In there I lived till the glass walls shattered
And before me lay, my bleeding heart.
Now I have learnt many a lessons new
To share but to give only to those who care
My life is precious, not to be thrown away
To forget the past and build a life new.

Shashi Gupta