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| The same old stream in Singirikovil |
Yet all the old water has flown away
Wasn’t it here just the other day
That you and I did often play
Wasn’t it here just the other day
We pledged our love, come what may
Yet death came and took you away
Leaving me to a lonesome stay
Wasn’t it here the very next day
Your ashes I did cast away
Yet here I am by the stream today
Watching water and memories flow this way
Ashes scattered in turbid water
From a loving mind to particles of matter
Your life has just flown away
Yet our love, forever it shall stay
Through my verses come and play
Though all the old water has flown away
Our love forever is here to stay
Forever and ever our love shall stay
This poem is in memory of my wife Niharika on her 24 th birthday. The poem is about a stream near vellore (in Singirikovil) both of us used to often visit. Its the same stream that we scattered her ashes in. Three months later i visited the stream today and was moved by the immense beauty and love that i found so pervasive.
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