MOMENTS I COULDN’T SAVE

MOMENTS I COULDN’T SAVE


I remember the day when
I sat beside your bed.
I kept talking love to you,
You kept silent instead.

All you could do was shake your
Head to show you had heard.
Faculty of speech was gone,
You could not speak a word.

Then you suddenly hiccupped
And the weak breath faltered.
I felt your pulse, it was gone.
You had your life bartered.

I cried inside though outside
I had to act but brave.
Those moments, etched in my
Heart, I just could not save.


* Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format.
* Dedicated to my wife, whose last moments, 13 June 1996, are depicted here.
* Written initially as entry 474071, now deleted, for the book Love poems "LOVE POEMS" . Posted as the present item on 27 June 2010.


M C Gupta
9 December 2006