Fare Thee Well

​we start with each of the batch 

bickering about your unkempt hair​

and your unruly behaviour

​we keep saying, study, study study

no games, no television

only practicing, only books​

​half of the year goes like this

somewhere down the line

you really get what we say​

you blossom, we watch

you acquire knowledge which 

we can only direct you too

​all of a sudden, it changes

we are filled with love for each of you

which can't be contained anymore​

your smiles, the mischievous eyes
and that inquisitiveness

​we

​ ​

will

​ ​

miss them too much

when one of you

​ comes close

and hugs without restraints

​we

 light up like a lamp

with each batch, 

​our 

hearts breaks
yet

​ we

 can't get away from that elation-
you are now ready to face the world

​we

 know 

​we

 will continue to say,
"go, live it up, go, spread your wings"
with that mixed feeling of love and loss

@gautami.tripathy

​

collapsing into you

on your skin, my fingers write a song

with my face half hidden in the crook of your neck.

the melody is soundless

with unusual rhythms

in the slumber, you move all of a sudden

sit upright, and challenge my light touches

you root for me, and I implode,

the resound of it resonates with the wall

within your arms, I am a limp rag

now your fingers write a song on my heated skin

slippery, sweaty, sensitized to you

yet again, I fall apart and you watch me with a half smile

I sit on the stool to comb my hair

the mirror reflects the aftermath of love

it is not enough, never enough with us

the want is ever present, the need rules

@gautami.tripathy 12 Feb 2017