This poem is from 1987, age 19. It describes the intense grief and pain of unrequited love. If you like this poem, you will enjoy my first book, Pain. Compare this poem to A Message to the Unknown Beloved (1984).
I have cried for you
In front of you
Bared my soul
For you to see
Laid my love at your feet –
Yet you are silent
I do not know
Why –
What more must I do
To tear apart
These new curtains of your mind?
Why, oh why
Is your pain so blind?
If it is pain that you feel
I do not know your feelings now –
Your silence is strange to me.
But this much is true –
I am tired
And love you as deeply as I do
I am dried of tears.
I can cry no more
I can plead no more
My love and friendship
Are yours to have
Or cast away –
I shall remain
Waiting for you.
But I shall remain
Where I am
A love without pride, a debased love
Is not love worthy of me –
Or you.
So I shall beg no more
Of you
I shall weep no more
For you
But simply ask you to remember
Our song
Before it is too late –
Before your silence becomes mine
A soulless silence our fate.
Vanita Shukla Hork, 1987
If you liked this poem, you will enjoy my book Memories from another Lifetime: Pain. Available on Amazon, free on KindleUnlimited. Please do leave a review.
This beautiful and touching poem reminds one of the ghazal poetry of Hafiz and Rumi and could be the text for a melancholy song of unrequited love. It also reminds of the songs of Indian Classical Music wherein the poets use the longing for union with the beloved as a metaphor for the union with God.
Thanks so much, Richard, I am grateful for this feedback! Indeed, the poem can be interpreted at several levels. You might also like Bhakti, which was inspired by Meera Bai and the Bhagavad Gita.
It’s beautiful, Vanita.
Thank you so much, Vibeke, I’m really glad you liked the poem!
Powerful and vivid composition, feeling of being deserted in love. Can see the different levels of interpretation which can be applied to this.
Thanks so much John! Indeed, this poem is about unrequited love, which is always a painful and unromantic affair, but as always, a poem can be read in several ways. This is as fascinating to the poet as to the readers!
Heartbreaking and beautiful. ‘I shall remain ‘ part was so powerful. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much 🙏 I could feel the pain of that young girl when I typed in this poem more than 30 years later.