Something I Look At-451 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-451
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

THE MOMENT I LAST LIVED

Cannot say
when I last looked at the sun.
I do not know
where time is
or where I am.
My watch stoped tickinng
long a go

My watch still shows
the same time,
the moment when I last lived.
My cellphone mocks me:
"Man, do you know
when you last spoke to me? "
Perhaps years have passed
since you looked at me.

Time stands still —
I never dare step out of it.
I may lose the moment,
may lose you forever,
if today steals my yesterday.

I am happy
living with your memory;
so hard to live with time
where you are not with me.
My memory — stay
till I leave.
I will carry you
to the other side.
When I come back,
you will be with me.

Sometimes I still hear your voice
in the quiet of the night,
as if the wind carries
the words
my heart forgot to write.

And when morning comes,
I feel you near —
a gentle presence
holding the moment
I last lived.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
5.10.2025
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