13 Aug I Too, A Failure!
I Too, A Failure! – poetry
Don’t ask me,
What my duties are.
I know them all,
But, I do forget.
Don’t ask me,
How I should behave.
Cause I have learnt it well,
But, never applied.
Fault is mine,
Some lathargic disposal.
Mistakes I committed,
Far and wide.
The ones who loved,
Got deprived.
The ones who cared,
Got unseen.
So much did
I lose.
Carelessness
Or I am lazy.
Devoted to
Being a gentleman.
My virtues
Bethroned me.
Worshipped
Every deity.
Prayed
Every saint.
Coloured
My forehead.
Necklaced myself,
With sacramentals.
Hoping to change,
But never did I.
Same old mistakes,
Miserable and pathetic.
Got this lady, a bit late.
The love of my life,
The joy of my fate.
She loved,
More than I imagined.
She cared,
More than I deserved.
Compromises,
She made.
Sacrifices,
She took upon.
Every night,
And every dawn
She devoted herself,
To my requirements.
And it was a catharsis,
I took no notice.
I overlooked,
And fell asleep.
Numerous call she made,
Words and Verses,
All along.
Couldn’t I respond?
Couldn’t I feel?
She was anxious,
Wasn’t she?
She was tensed,
Wasn’t she?
Where was I?
Lost or dead.
Broken or scattered.
Baffled or bewildered.
And here,
I failed again,
And it goes on….
– Saptarshi Chakraborty
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