I sought the answer of my sorrow,
And without a doubt, it clearly came:
Leaving me to talk to myself,
Making me a lonely being.

Mirth of awaiting songs and poems,
The majestic hue on a rose's cheek,
Easily and quietly pass away to show:
By any who know how to look beyond
The spell of pleasures,
Know that every pleasure swings past
A fleeting dream.

The knowledge of this, I realize,
Is the cause of my sorrow -
Leaving me to talk to myself:
Making me a lonely being.

Dubai
2010

Geeta Chhabra

Taken from the book: No Journey Ends by Geeta Chhabra