And with you

And with you went the local trains carrying
the passengers like cattle.

And with you gone the summer sun shining
on the yellow hibiscus.

And with you went all those male pigeons
offering seeds to the females.

And with you gone the sound of the guitar
tuning modern songs.

And with you gone the silver moon that
touched my skin, my spine, my iris.

And with you went the one I was, that caressed
joyful moments even in the pitch dark.

And with you, went all the days, weeks, months
and days that waited for you.

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Gopal Lahiri
@gopallahiri
Picture Nick Victor

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Short-Bio

Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 31 books published, including eight solo/jointly edited books. His poetry and prose are published across more than one hundred journals and anthologies globally His poems are translated in 18 languages and published in 19 countries. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021.

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