Nupur Chaturvedi

I open the door,
Close it again,
And open again, but
No one, no one.
I wait, and wait,
And wait, and wait.

Life passes
Grain by grain,
And yet,
No one, no one.

It’s a phase, you said,
It will pass, you said,
What you said, gyrates
In my mind all day.
I mope and sulk,
And think and weep.

Breath trembles,
I am up once more,
And again,
No one, no one.

Release me from this life
From this wait, from this pain,
From these endless hours,
These pointless dreams,
I ask and beg,
For an answer at last.

Who will come,
And take me away,
I ask.
No one, no one.