FRESH MUD AND CROSS

The coffin has been laid down

The prayers have been said

The gathered crowd has scattered and gone

Left alone with the fresh mud and cross

Oh dear friend!

Why do you still spill a tear? 

BLUE AGONY

The sky is weeping

My heart is stretched!

Blue and beating!

Pumping only agony!

Oh! Why does life still go on? 

MY BELOVED HAS LEFT

Adornments and decorations still hang

Even as the wedding bells keep silent

Running amok! Wailing! Seeking!

Finally I now realize

My beloved has left!

Vows to make and promises to keep

A new life we imagined!

But sadly now! Alas!

Leaving nothing but her absence

My beloved has left!   

No more business for me here now

No more wishes to make

No more promises to keep

Oh! Lonesome heart! 

Whither is the burial ground!

COME ASHORE

Sweetest smile; bedazzling eyes

Yet miles away from my heart

Oh my beloved!

Will you ever know the gripping pain?

 Hidden deep within this lover’s heart!  

As silent tears flow

And the waves of the unfettered ocean

Strikes the broken hearted shore

The Ocean weeps; the earth remains silent

Oh my beloved!   Bedazzling and sweet!

Will you come ashore to me?