Endless Everything

i miss
the smiles,
the prayers,
the years of closeness
the tears of parting,
the fears of losing,
the looks that meant the world,
and, the endless everything

i miss
the warm embrace,
of the winter dawn,
the unsaid words lipping out,
the renewed hopes,
the lazy mornings,
the silly nothings,
the steaming tea,
the smell of the earthen cup,
the wiping with the dupatta,
the unkempt tresses,
the staying up, all night,
the countless sleepless nights,
and, the endless everything

I miss
the innocent banter,
under the starry skies,
the warmth in the chill,
the breeze, and the moon,
the being on the moon,
where dreams were fanned,
the castles built, filled with teddies,
the touch, that gives goosebumps still,
the words, that slipped,
the skipping of beats,
the racing of blood,
the longing to be hand-in-hand 
in the hills, the valleys, and the seas,
and, the endless everything

i miss
the smiles, the chirpy lips,
the gleaming eyes
where hopes were sown,
between the thoughts, and the silences,
of the wordless calls, 
of a fancy world,
of a dainty stream,
an idyllic slope between the hills
of the daisies and the tulips,
of woolly lambs nibbling the velvet, 
of the medley of the birds,
and the blooming of dreams,
under the sky, dressing up, 
of the angel's return to the nest,
of the return of the smiles,
the warmth, the nothings, the numbness,
and the endless everything!




© sashikant mohanty