Yellow signal , And a waved green flag , A whistle is sounded , And the train moves , Starting slowly , On a long journey , Taking me away , From friends and Family, My face , Brushes against , The fast flowing air , My hands wave , As I feel this cool breeze , Saying goodbye , To the people , I trust and love , While waving , My carriage , Drifts slowly further , Creating a distance , Opening a gap , In my heart , Separating me , From them , Family , Relatives , Friends , What can I do ? As tears on the outside , Becomes pain inside , Causing a heart burn , I interrogate myself , Asking , pondering , wondering , The same question , My relatives, family , friends , Ask, ponder and wonder ? When ? When ? Does our reunification , Reoccur , As it did , So many times before , A moment , In time , In the near future , We all anticipate .
Reason for writing:
The peom speaks for itself really . I wrote this as i was saying goodbye to my realtives and friends when departing from a train station in India . This was the second last leg of my journey back to Ireland . I spent three weeks in India with my relatives and friends . I enjoyed every minute of my stay there . It was the best trip I had ever had . During my stay I got to know my cousins really well because this was the first time i went there at an age where i could be aware of everything , as an 18yr old . Not like when I went to India three yrs ago and when I forgot everyone i met cause i was only 15 . I was not really interested in knowing anyone really well either when I was 15 . So this time it was difficult for me to hold back my emotions . Even now as i am typing this , back in Ireland , i think about my cousins every day . It was the first time they got to know me really well and vice versa . They asked me when they would see me again . This was the hardest of all qs to answer . I told them minimum another 3 yrs and max. another 5 yrs . THis was the reality . But i was very glad to have met them . I am glad that I have cousins like them. I miss my grandparents as well . There is also one special person that I miss as well . THis person I will reveal in my next poem .For now , I want to dedicate this poem to all my relatives whom I miss so dearly . Especially my grandparents , my cousins - Hari , Buvana & Kamali and one family who is unrelated but whom i treat like a part of mine for what they have done .
Birth sign: Aquarius
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