Dear Suvi,
The dark is here and
I need your light to guide me.
Sometimes, I wish you were here across the room
For, it has been a while since I’ve talked to you.
I wish you were there in the kitchen cooking my favourite meal
It has been a while since I’ve eaten something that felt warm.
I wish you were there to listen to all my stories
And all the time, I wish you were here so I can hear you sing all the melodious songs.
I wish you were here,
For it has been a while since I saw your smile.
Sometimes I wish you were there right across the hall
So we can talk and argue about just the little things that held no significance.
Sometimes I wish you were here, Suvi
For this has been an ache that my words can’t explain.
My hands shiver as I write this,
Tears bleed through my eyes
My heart is broken, it’s starting to bleed out the pain,
The same heart that you’d sacrificed your soul into.
And all the time, I wish you were right here by my side
Just so we can talk, laugh, eat and make a million memories.
And all the time, I wish you were here by my side.
As I write this,
My head is crushed into the pillow
My eyes are bleeding tears
My arms are empty
Without you here.
Everything seems unclear as
My world has crumbled
My heart is shattered and
My soul is slit.
It has been a while, Suvi
I just wish you were here.
All the time,
I wish your heart never gave up too early
All the time,
I wish you woke up from bed that day.
It has been a while, Suvi
I just wish you were here smiling ever so beautifully.
Sai Abhinay Penna is a cricketer and writer from Chennai, India.
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