MEMORY OF A BURNING CANDLE

Dr Sudhansu Dash

You passed away years back

Nothing else could say more

About your love

Your affection has never been a public display

But flowing in a quiet, unassuming manner

I consider myself brilliant

But no right to clip my wings

I peruse my lofty dreams

That changes every night

Instead of walking on the pitch laid by you

I am probably no where

I wish I remind my helpless past

And undo my mistakes

You dare to care me more than I consider myself

You risked more than that is thought safe

You dream more than the practical

Expected me more than what I am possible

In a silent way

I do not want the glow and warmth to go

To be a living legacy of my burning candle.