LONELINESS

I have learnt to live alone,

The intricasies of bondage

Have no meaning to me,

Now my only friend is the boundless sea.

The waves have washed away my sins,

They splash upon the shores

Inflicting pain to themselves

While providing enjoyment to others.

As I lay sleepless on the shores,

Leering at the sea beside me,

I don't feel alone----

Looking at the stars above me.

I don't know if I'm Homeless,

But I know I'm sleepless,

There's no dreams to soothe me

Or make me cheerful once again.

I don't know if I'm abandoned,

But am surrounded by them----

The boundless Sea on one side

And the limitless Stars above.

I don't know if I'm deserted,

But the lashing waves give me company,

They throng around me

And relieve me from sorrows... if any.

I don't know if I'm secluded,

But the shoes remind me of the days

When we walked and gaped

At the sunset by the sea!!

I don't know if I feel solitary,

But the sea-gulls look down upon me

Wishing if I'd feed them

But I'd rather feed myself, than feeding them.

Loneliness is my Life,

Solitude makes my Day,

At night I have the stars to talk to

But come morning, they also go away.

--- the photograph was taken in the sankarpur beach (aug '07). It needed a piece to xpress itself... so the poem was written sometime later!!