CANDLE

So many footsteps unwalked

So many words left unsaid.

O my Friend,

I have lit a candle in your name

And locked it up safely in a Safe.

The furniture all packed in boxes,

The house cleared, the hearth put out.

This Mansion in your name cold.

These lanes of my heart frozen.

But I promise my Friend,

If you ever come knocking,

I will decorate this house to your name

With a thousand baubles,

Warm it with a newly fired hearth

Bring out that candle in the safe.

But maybe in another lifetime.

Till then the candle shall remain alit.

O my dear dear Friend.

-Dishna Phukan

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