Years Later
Years later I decided to pay a visit
To the old dilapidated house
The house which was once a home
A place that defined happiness and bliss
The roads had changed
It was difficult to recollect
Somehow I managed to reach the lane
To my surprise, nothing had changed there
I completely forgot myself
And turned into that girl of 12 again
Memories flashed in as a lightening
And my tears filled eyes just gazed around
The same broken boundary,
The pruned hedge was now a mini jungle
The windows were covered with webs
The floor covered in dust
I just touched the wall
The same one where I scribbled all day long
Was now all chapped
But it still smelled of crayons
The rooms seemed to talk to me
Talking about the long forgotten days
Of the good times spent there
And each sobbing night I lay awake
I wish that had not happened
I wish the house didn't remind me of the days
The days I spent with dad
The only times I spent with him
On reaching the courtyard
I could imagine the doomsday
I imagined dad's corpse as it was
Ready for the last ceremonies
That was the last week we spent there
Leaving behind those 12 years we walked away
For we couldn't stay there anymore
And now I was here, reliving those memories
Again YEARS LATER....
Copyright © Malvika Shanker | Year Posted 2015
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