From Her Heart

From her heart Where’s he? He slept by me last night By morning he disappeared! They say he slipped away Stealthily in the silence of night Body and brain Became numb seeing The bed emptied forever Where’s he? I pleaded The stars, the sky They all looked away! Where lies my future? In the tiny hands? In the empty corridors of the palace? In the vast mountain ranges? Everywhere emptiness Echoed and re-echoed! Was he frightened of me That he had to leave without notice? Ah, it’s not his going away It’s his going away without Bidding me farewell I who blindly followed him To live a lifetime till death... That hurts! That hurts! Did he think I was frail? The hurts That hurts! Who is he? Who am I? In the medley of confusion I lost the cognizance of myself They say he went away… Did he walk out on me? He may have wrapped the world In his warmth to redeem it From suffering and sorrow Who redeems mine? How could he assume I wouldn’t support his mission? I could have walked In his determined steps In all willingness… Ah, men!