The silver lining I see

I yearn for the times of brilliant sunray.
When I see the bright clouds steadily turn gray,
The crossroad that showed four tracks once, a bygone day,
Now merges to point the thorniest way.

Petty follies have become difficult to confess.
Support from friends appears to be less.
Even The almighty refuses to bless.
Life, now is a total mess!

I don’t know what to do I am at sea!
But slowly a silver lining I see.
Yes, it is him! right there waiting for me!
He replaces the pangs of life with glee.
And smiles at me, benevolently.

Oh! That smile! Yes that benign, divine smile.
It takes away all bile.
And gifts me life in a moment's guile.
But he is strange, he has a unique style.
For he sits by me only for a while.

Then I see him go away, far, and far away.
I stop him, but he won’t listen.
I cry and ask him to stay.
But he will never listen, he will go away.
He says he will take me with him some day.
That’s the only hope that remains,
I wait for that Someday,
When he comes and takes me his way!

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--Ekata Banerjee