Twilight

By Vaidehi Jha

I gaze at the night sky

Dark and dreary

Mysterious and murky

Reflecting the void in my eyes

I've already forgiven you

But forgetting is a different task

The whole night sky denies me light

Without you

Then the night lightens

To an ethereal lilac

Still dark, but not murky

Mysterious, but not dreary

I become my soul adrift

Embracing the duality

Of the night that holds my secrets

And the day that's seen my smiles

Twilight, a rift in time and space

When universes merge

When the past and future tryst with the present

I can't help but wonder

If you're on the other side

Marvelling on this miracle

Wondering what would've been of us

Had we still been one.

Shooting stars skip through the sky

Ripping the heavens asunder

Setting all ablaze

Like the infernal desire within us

The falling cinders

Morph into you

Under the twilight Sun-

A fiery lass

Draped in the scarlet gown of that night

My pendant still around your neck

You embody the ferocity of passion

And the heavenliness of sin

Your eyes reflect a remorseful tale

As your hands extend to touch mine

Oh how I've waited

For you to be mine again

Our lips lock under the twilight sky

As our regrets kindle

I frost the burning lust in you

While you reignite mine

The first ray of sun dawns

Vapourizing us, part by part

As we become the same cinders that made us

I cant help but wonder

If you're on the other side

Marvelling on this miracle

Wondering what would've been of us

Had either of us survived 

By Vaidehi Jha