Metaphorical

Drawing by Meena Chopra

Separated

from the start

I longed to be with you. 

Submerged in a silent moment. 

But it was the void

that greeted me,

not you.

Emptiness all over.

Nothing satiated.

Nothing fulfilled.

Naked sensibilities

cried out

unheard

torn apart

seeking a touch

your warmth ?

Estranged -

slept a restless slumber

failed to enter

my arid blank body.

Alone

distanced

unfamiliar shadows

lingered between us.

The want in me to see

the stark reality,

 my untouched clear reflection

in your searching eyes

met despair. 

Unrecognized, helpless and dirty

I hid my self from me.

Strange it is,

desire that breathes life

disappears

afraid of being alive.

I did not look

for a metaphorical love

not anymore

Never.

-Meena Chopra

#canlit #poetry