He's Gone Away

You never see the darkest side of yourself until the darkness falls on you

It oozes out as the light slowly fades away

You cradle your body as at the time you were in the womb, darkness surrounding

And caressing all your fears astray

Everything is hidden, even your drizzling tears that wet the sheet beneath your head.

And still he doesn’t take your pain away

He doesn’t see, or hear, or fathom the pounding of your heart, louder than the thunderstorm.

He only remembers that you didn’t want to stay

Days go by; at nights you lie, in a cradled state, hoping for him to come by

But he keeps laughing, and laughing away

Years go by and you see him at a corner, in a city, by a news-stand. You lift your head up and smile.

He walks right by, so you pray

He was everything- your moon and the sun, your every breath, your whole world.

But the thing is that he ‘was,’ and now he’s gone away.


... Mandana Divanbeigi