Starry eyed I sit gazing at nothing Friends adorning my hands with henna A shining bindi adorning my forehead And a blush rendering beauty to my cheeks Lost in my own world Welcoming my future and beloved with open arms Shatterer of dreams walks in Holding a missive in his hand Aware yet unaware of the holocaust He wreaks in my life The paper holds but a line "Comrade killed in action" Numbed I sink against the wall Tears washing away the half done henna And my dreams along with it Half done henna A half lived life All done away in a second Here my tears flow copiously and there your blood flows incessantly Seconds ago I was among the numerous Brides embracing a future Full of anticipated bliss Now I join another clan Of war widows Embracing a future?? Full of treasured memories And shared dreams Bearing the cross of unfulfilled love and Unfulfilled life.
