DEW AND TEARS--award winner

DEW AND TEARS


Silent dew drops fall outside
As I sit through the night;
And so do tears in my eyes
To hold which I can’t fight.

Night is gone, and, so is he,
Not to return again.
He has taken my treasure
And left me only pain.

I can’t blame him, he is free;
In love one cannot bind.
It was but my sheer folly.
I was in love so blind!

Boys will be boys and men, men;
He stuck to his nature.
Alas! I am in my teens,
He, a bit, too mature.

I will spend many more nights,
My tears mingling with dew.
One day I will have to start
My life again anew!


* Written in abcb 7-6-7-6 format

* Adjudged for Honorable Mention in "Invalid Item" 

M C Gupta
18 August 2003