SOMETHING I LOOK AT-17

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-17
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

You are no more
My friend the great giver is no more
No more is my saviour,
The man with masculine virility
And unmatched vigour

No more is the man,
With celestial earrings
No more is my hero
Who lived his life and died his death
For me and no one else

My heart bleeds
The mind does not accept
How can I reconcile to something
So unreal so unacceptable
That my friend with the coat
Is no more

With you
Gone are my dreams
Gone are my passions
What I will do
With the whole of the world
When you are not there?
Of what use pelf and power
When my friend left the world
In an empty hand?

I am all alone,
Only a physical body
My soul is with you,
My love my emotion,
My whole world is with you

My life means nothing to me
For I do not know
How to live without you
But I have to die my death
Without you

My friend!
You know
Your friend Duryodhan is not a coward
There is none in the opposite camp
Who can defeat your friend
In his art
He can still win the world,
But of what use,
When you are not there

My spirit is high
In anticipation of meeting you
In the sky
Let me embrace death
With a smile on lips
And head high