Lost in the woods...

We walked hand in hand in the woods.
We- you and me- chatted endlessly,
At times without caring what the world thought.
We cut jokes on every small thing,
and laughed like anything.
I stared at your laughing face and you innocently asked,
'what happened? Is there anything on my face?'
Realising my mistake I said 'nothing'.

And a time came when you wept out all your troubles
that life had caused you at every point,
while I took the opportunity to wipe your tears,
And tried to make you laugh,
narrating the silliest things I had done in life.
You laughed, and I stared at your face once again.

And then...You suddenly left my hand.
And the next moment, made a distance.
Day by day, this distance increased.
And today, the distance is so much that I can say...
You are lost....
You are lost in the woods,
Or maybe I myself am lost without your presence.

Today, I roam helplessly amidst the same woods,
the same greenery and under the same blue sky.
Anyone who watches me feels I am not alone.
The elements of nature are my companions.
What they don't know is that
Those elements are busy in their own worlds.
The trees dance happily with the moving winds
Leaving me to just walk abruptly wherever my steps take me
Like some lonesome drunkard.

At times, when I recall the memories you have left behind,
I roll back to the places we had walked together
Where I sit and caress your footprints.
Imagining your presence there, I ask...
'Why did you go away? What fault had I done?'
Only to find silence as the answer.
From somewhere in the woods, a stranger notices it.
He comes from behind and asks me,
'You have a number of beings around you
who love and care for you.
Why do you feel her loss so much?'
I turn back and reply-
'You don't know, my friend,
even the vast sea feels the loss of sweet water.'

(dedicated to somebody)