by Rrashima Swaarup Verma
It is a dark and endless night,
I glance up at the sky
A single star is not in sight,
I know not reasons why
I wish to see you, oh, my love,
And hear your sweet voice too!
So fly to him little turtle dove,
And take my heart with you!
A heart whose love is ever true,
Each day will sing a song
And gentle breezes, waters blue,
Will bade the lark to sing along
The longing no more I can fight,
The barren sky above
It has been many an endless night,
Pray! Come to me my love!
I call upon the muse to lend,
A song to bring you here
And yes, I’ll sing right till the end,
Until I have you near
The silence is now broken by,
The echo of my beating heart
Without you, I would rather die!
For now, I cannot be apart
The darkness that besieges me,
The night is weeping with me now
I will not hear! I will not see!
Until again, you make the vow
Then as though, an answered prayer,
Was whispered in my ear
The angels singing everywhere,
And you, my beloved, appear!
My eyes behold your joyful sight,
Oh, sweet love of mine!
As we walk by the moonlight bright,
The stars above do shine
Oh, hold me now, forever on,
And vow to never let me go
For as the night breaks into dawn,
I hear those tunes of long ago
Now that again my soul is blessed,
Forgotten is the pain!
My heart and love I do bequest,
To you, yes once again!
Rrashima Swaarup Verma has an MBA in Marketing. She is Senior Director – Business Development with a leading, multinational business intelligence and strategic consulting company. She has worked on numerous projects with leading Indian and international corporations and has wide experience in business writing across a diverse spectrum of functional and industry segments. Rrashima is also a fiction writer and poet and several of her compositions have been published in leading newspapers, magazines and literary journals.
Awesomely written. moving, emotionally packed.
A beautiful piece of verse. Touched my heart.
As usual this young lady demonstrates that it is possible to capture human emotions with an intensity not often seen in today’s world. Her compositions bring back memories of a earlier world when romance and love were valued with a passion and understanding that seems missing today. Thank you Spark for this lovely composition !