A Voiced Awakening

I looked out,
Into the bright summer day.
Across the beach,
Where the ocean lay.
And saw the ocean-liner,
Make it's way,
Across the vast,
Shimmering bay.
And I heard my heart,
Cry out and say,

I'd never thought,
I would see you go.
I'd always thought,
You would love me so.

My eyes were open,
Yet no image could I see,
Except that of you,
Standing beside me.
It was true,
Yet I refused to believe.
I had never imagined,
I would ever see you leave.

The next period of awareness,
Showed the sun had gone down.
I brought out my bottle, hoping,
My sorrow would drown.
Away from my conscience,
I tried to shrink.
For never before had I,
Sought solace in a drink.

The door had opened,
Yet I didn't hear a sound.
It was perhaps the sorrow,
And the alcohol,
With which I was bound.
I had long ago fallen,
Into the abyss
of never ending grief.
My mind unconscious,
With it's own disbelief.

I saw you enter,
And I saw you standing there.
Yet my eyes, uncomprehending,
I could only stare.

It was only when you spoke,
That into consciousness,
I awoke.
It was magical
how your sweet voice,
Made my wallowing spirits
rejoice.

'Tis after many a day,
That I sit and write.
And it is of your voice only,
That I recite.
The voice that told me,
That you would never go.
The voice that told me,
That you would always love me so.

~Rishabh Gulati~

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