MOMENTS I COULDN’T SAVE

MOMENTS I COULDN’T SAVE


I remember that day when
I sat beside your bed.
I kept talking love to you,
You kept silent instead.

You could only shake your head
To show that you had heard.
Faculty of speech was gone,
You could not speak a word.

Then you suddenly hiccupped
And the weak breath faltered.
Your pulse I felt, it was gone.
You had your life bartered.

I cried inside though outside
I had to act but brave.
Those moments, etched in my
Heart, I just could not save.



* Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format.
* Dedicated to my wife, whose last moments, 13 June 1996, are depicted here.
* Written initially as entry 474071, now deleted, for the book Love poems "LOVE POEMS" . Posted as the present item on 27 June 2010.


M C Gupta
9 December 2006