God Rolls The Dice

when destiny raked up the storms
and life seemed dangling
from the end of a broken rope,
and when you'd given up on life,
god rolled the dice
and our universes merged,
so did our souls

when destiny took the tests,
and living,
no, when existing
had robbed you of life, and the smiles,
when loneliness was your only friend,
when you'd given up trying to find feet,
god rolled the dice,
and our universes converged,
so did our souls

when the sunshine returned,
so did the smiles,
and the seeds bloomed
and the magic sprang to life,
under the sheets, in delhi's chill winters,
when hope thrived,
and you lit up my dreams
and our waves played in tandem,
and you watered them,
as pains turned sweet,
god rolled the dice,
and our universes drew together,
so did our souls

when destiny threw the rafts apart,
and our roads parted,
each endured the sufferings,
and a huge vacuum ballooned, for long,
it had a purpose,
for you to seek the light left behind,
for our paths to cross, and time would find,
how could you forget,
god rolled the dice,
and our universes had become one,
so did our souls

when destiny rocked your boat,
and you stood blank,
by your own side, none to lean,
wondering why this pain,
you shuddered at the thoughts
of what lay in store, 
and you shivered
even as the sun washed the room bright,
that january afternoon,
and the only path that you could see,
was the one you'd left, way back,
the one that led back to your soul,
and soon you woke up,
and the light was back,
as god rolled the dice,
and our universes melted again,
so did our souls

and, when your storms calmed,
and the raft that rocked and tossed,
in the choppy seas,
was mine,
with pains galore,
there wasn't in sight, a shore,
or sunshine,
and my feet kicked for a wall,
found none as i sank to bottomless depths,
as my days plunged into loneliness,
and the nights turned chill,
eerie, pitch dark,
as my helpless lips moved,
but without even a murmur,
and as my heart shrieked
for your mooring,
ah, you became the storm
how could you forget
when god had rolled the dice,
how the universes had conspired,
and the only thing i saw
was a familiar silhoute of you
fade away!

© sashikant mohanty