the endless wait..

The sofas seem to have been rusted
There seems to be dust everywhere i set my foot
But still it all feels better than new
When i left, i just went, didn’t bother to give it a second look..

The framed pictures on the mantelpiece
The smiling faces stare back at me
With the same innocence with which they saw me
When i was innocent too


What has changed
Sometimes it feels nothing
But then when i sit and think
I realise what all has changed... everything

The small things that made me smile when i was younger
No longer do
The little things that hurt me
No longer do

My eyes search for something
That always isn’t there
Yet i expect the world out of someone
Who isn’t there

But now as i sit on the same place
Where i did years ago
I realise the weight of things that i have done
I have ignored others who were around me
And now there are none

Why they ask me?
Why did i become so insensitive?
But i am left with no words to say
But i know deep within

The flame that burned inside me
Urging me to live
Died the instant you left to come back to me
But then at the very last instant, went off to greet the heaven..