Afternoon

AFTERNOON

You left

As if we have never met

In the scorching,searing,sweltering

Afternoon of life

When a  land of

Prosperity,affluence, and opulence

Has just sprouted a leaf

Clouds of rain of love

Stayed for a  moment

Hesitated to drain

Even a single drop

Left the spot!

The sapling,

Who could have turned out

To be the tree of

Success,security,and stability

Is a just dreadful twig

Neither alive nor dead

Looking at the remaining

Sand of time!

Thinking a singular thought

'How beautiful life would have been

If you had been there!'

BURHAN 13 June 2019