Sunsets and stardust.

Sunsets and stardust//
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You were like the sweet stardust
Thrown upon the world from heaven
Who showered joy and delight upon everyone.
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I was the irregular destitute of sensible wit
Crammed into some desolate shell
Which when blown, rang of misery, solitude and chaotic scale.
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A few droplets of your stardust
Seemed to enter my existence
Resembling the first ray of dawn into a cloudy sky
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First filling up the atmosphere with the pinkish hue
And then following up with bright light
Bright enough to create shadows.
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I was ecstatic
And dreamed about the breakfast
That we used to consume together,
Along with my cup of tea and your strong black coffee.
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But I forgot.
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The same sun that brightens up the day,
Sets down in West everyday.
The beauty of dusk is melancholic,
As if reminding the sun to stay.
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Like telephone calls mixed up with tangled tapes,
We spent our days.
Night brought out fabulous dreams that you and me had to live.
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Just like we ignore the first appearance of rust,
I ignored your signs of dismay and faltered steps.
We both had started to fall down together, but you decided to stay, unscathed and safe from this pathway.
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I tried to hold onto you,
To make you stay,
To join our roughened up edges,
Hurting both ways.
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I tried and tried,
And then I had to capitulate.
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Your call was dusk,
Orange and bright,
And you had to go there,
Without any restrains.
So I left without any hard feelings,
With just a few sobs and a throbbing hurt.
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The eyes never forgot
What you did and what you said,
Even though I know you are never coming back,
They tend to wait.
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Every morning I see the sunrise with bright eyes,
And every dusk brings inconclusive tears to my eyes.
Yet my lips smile
Cause once you had said,
"Sunsets turn beautiful when you smile."
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- Raj Nandani
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Napowrimo 2020
Poem - 17
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