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The jasmine flowers you left: A poem by Jayashree Pillai

In the darkness of the night,
As the candle flickers treacherously,
And the aching silence
Tells me that you have gone,
The jasmine flowers that you left
For me
Tell me stories of
The moments we shared.

I am not alone.

As the silence
Dances around the candle flame
And the journey you
Are on takes you further away,
I let the jasmine petals
Speak to me
In the softest of whispers.
If only the night would linger on.
For the daylight, I know,
Will steal away its fragrance…

And I will be alone again.