Lontano

By Avani Tiwari

Atop the sand dune,

Sitting, I hum our tune.

Yearning eyes, Staring at the moon,

Only comforting lie

In a pool of cruel truth.

The winds pass by,

Asking me why?

And yet, I couldn't reply,

That I'm waiting for thee,

Wishing for thee to call me thine.

The winds erased my footprints in jealousy,

Saying even it loved me,

But I didn't show enough courtesy.

Is that why you cannot find me?

The night is beautiful, I know

Not the right time for remorse to show.

But this feeling I have, I can't just throw.

I see thee everywhere, since.

My lake, my woods,

To them, an illusion unhinged.

A calloused life, my feelings? A sin.

Their words prickly, my heart sinks.

I've seen many, as they call, a mirage,

Yet thee, I see no more, Even as a mirage.

Oh, have you forgotten me?

Or can you not find the way back?

They preach to me,

The ones who are gone,

they say,

With them, you never get along........

Still, I don't believe,

Waiting for you is wrong.

Where you're at now, is it so alluring to be,

That you wouldn't want to come back to me?

I don't know where you are,

Or why I can't reach you,

But some whisper its name---Lontano.

By Avani Tiwari