eternal absence

There was a time when
you were there with me
teasing me
bickering with me
laughing with me
talking to me or
just sitting near me
under the moonless sky
gazing at the stars
in the serenity of the nights
you let the silence speak
in the hustle bustle of this forever busy world
you were the one who had an exclusive time for me
you were the best friend i could ever get
the best companion i could find
i reveled in the moments spent with you
and yet, i was the one who
took you for granted
thought that you’d always be there
waiting for me to return
and i moved further away in search of
a trifling materialistic success
without a care of what you wanted of me
if you really desired the things
i wanted to get for you
I did not consider of you as a person
Who has her own dreams and aspirations
Thought of you as one who has to be there,
As if, there is no other option.
Yet one fine day when I looked back,
I found that you were not there
The way I had anticipated you to be
I had everything one could ever want
But I had lost you.
The joy which your presence brought was missing
Your enthralling laughter was gone
Your hypnotic gaze was no longer boring into my face
Searching for answers to your endless questions.
Your charm was absent.
What was left behind was not your intoxicating fragrance,
But an eternal, unwarranted emptiness.