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
Image source: Publisher's friend (Kaustav Pallav)
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