Black Rainbow

a poem by Anil Kumar P K

In search of that pot of gold
at the end of a rainbow
Never travel to your future
In seconds…
Sail on hope
but don’t make a ladder out of it.
Stay where you are… and move with the time.
I went too far
and left my present behind.
Future said I’m not ready
I was sent back…
and for present I was a loser…
The moon we saw together had more patches…
Than the moon they saw together.
Time keeps changing.
Better for some, worse for many.
The flowers I gave withered
unlike the flowers he gave.
It took a breeze to take away it’s fragrance
And his flowers still smell sweet.
The tears that rolled from my eyes were salty water
and the his tears were pearls
Nights I stood awake never ended…
the dark and lonely sky still haunts.
The his nights always ended in a dawn
where the horizon was bright and clear.
My dreams now come back as nightmares
Now I fear to close my eyes
And they still dream the same dream and kiss their pillow.