All Day Today Poem by Arvind Srivastava

In your absence
All day today
I kept talking to the ants
Often to whom
You fed sugar
Leaving the lid of the box open..

The moon did not come out from behind the clouds
Today in every corner of the house
A silent music kept echoing
Eyes were eager to rain
The leaves of the campus were yellow
A broken button of my shirt
Everyone was silent, everyone was sad

Today the idols of the gods
Utensils and dishes
Ice frozen in the fridge looked very sad!

©Arvind Srivastava, India