Copyright@shravancharitymission

Poem: Life Is a Big Cheat

*

Kamlesh Tripathi

*

Life is a big cheat,
It took away my friend,
At lightning speed,
Breaking the circadian rhythm,

And gave no relief.

*

Between life and death,
One wonders.
Who plays the devious trick?
Life points an accusing finger at death.
Calling it a thief.

*
But death remains unmoved,
Silent as winter,
Answering no allegations,

In an attempt not to surrender.

*

Life dismays its defeat,

While quietly counting,

The receding breaths,

When in the state of death.

*
Death has nothing to say.
It needs no defence,
Requires no courtroom,
No confrontation.

*
Its silence,
Is older than language,
Its footsteps,
Are lighter than ghost steps.

*

Who would have thought,
Death would come so surreptitiously,
Slipping between,
An unfinished sentence,
On an ordinary day?

*

One moment,
There was a heartbeat,
Keeping faithful time,
The next,
The clock continued alone.

*

Life will ask,
Again and again,
Where did he go?
Who closed the door,
Without a farewell?

*
The walls will listen,
The empty chair will remember,
His books will still hold the warmth
of forgotten fingerprints.

*

His favourite cup,
Will wait patiently,
For the hands,
That will never lift it again.

*
Even the wind
will hesitate
at the threshold,
as though expecting
his familiar step.

Grief is a strange companion.
It arrives as a storm,
then settles

Like dust upon every surface.

*

It teaches us
that absence
has a shape,
a weight,
a voice
heard only in silence.

*

If life is a cheat,
love is its confession.
For even when breath departs,
love refuses
to follow.

*

It lingers
in remembered conversations,
in unfinished letters,
in the cadence of a name
spoken softly at dusk.

*

So I will not argue
with life
or with death.
As neither will answer.

**

Written and posted by Kamlesh Tripathi

Author, Poet, & Columnist

*

https://kamleshsujata.wordpress.com

*

Like it and Share it

*

Shravan Charity Mission is an NGO that works for poor children suffering from life-threatening diseases, especially cancer. Our posts are meant for our readers, including children and adults, and have a huge variety of content. We also accept donations for our mission. Should you wish to donate to the cause of cancer? The bank details are given below:

NAME OF ACCOUNT: SHRAVAN CHARITY MISSION

Account no: 680510110004635 (BANK OF INDIA)

IFSC code: BKID0006805

***