Poetry

1. JUST WHERE WERE YOU?
Just Where were you when I was inconsolably fretting in exasperation; with virtually
no other shoulder in the world to lean upon; to share he innermost secrets of my
brutally agonized heart?
Just Where were you when I sat in solitary listlessness—for hours immemorial on the
dining table; not wanting to savor even the most infinitesimal morsel of food-
without compassionately befriending company aside?
Just Where were you when I unrelentingly tossed and turned all cold-bloodedly sultry
night; fervently waiting for those ears into which I could whisper my innumerably
inexplicable happenings of the day?
Just Where were you when I sat in stony silence after composing a boundless lines of
majestic poetry; ardently wanting nothing else in this world; but you as my audience
to hear and engross in the spirit of each word that I'd evolved?
Just Where were you when I jumped in unabashed exhilaration at achieving my very
first triumph in this vast world; wanting to rejoice in its glory for moments
unprecedented in the passionately sensuous warmth of your arms?
Just Where were you when I inexhaustibly wept tears of emptiness; when the knives
of loneliness stabbed me deeper and deeper; to make me a living carcass more
ghoulish than its veritably dead counterpart?
Just Where were you when I sat in morose submission—rejected by the entire world;
but still with untamed fires burning alive in my eyes; as I timelessly awaited you to ask
me as to how I felt-as to what had I recently undergone?
Just Where were you when I was irrevocably trapped in the hell of lecherous
mayhem; refusing every ounce of benign help that came my way; untiringly desirous
of only your unparalleled countenance coming to my rescue?
Just Where were you when I needed that pricelessly inevitable pat on my back; after
endeavoring for a countless hours on the trot to spawn sheer and insatiably rhapsodic
newness; out of a graveyard of nothingness?
Just Where were you when I sought those minuscule bits of admiration for every
honorary accomplishment of mine; inspiring me all the more and indefatigably on the
path towards altruistic righteousness?
Just Where were you when I needed to quell the unsurpassably raging fires of my
flesh; with the magically silken caress of your skin; forever become one in the

2. fragrance of your bountiful existence?
Just Where were you when I'd desperately cuddled to a bundle of frazzled fright;
when all I perennially waited for was your rejuvenating voice; to sweep me of my
beleaguered feet and into the land of invincible utopia?
Just Where were you when I endlessly kept listening to the rapid ticking of the
grandfather clock; waiting for the doors to open with a bang upon your blessed
arrival; and the sound of your mesmerizing footsteps overwhelming everything else in
vicinity?
Just Where were you when I audaciously chose the road never ever tread upon; and
then having done so I needed your friendship and inspiration all the more; to survive
amidst a pack of savage wolves and emerge effulgently victorious?
Just Where were you when I'd shunned and shunted everything else in the world for
you; walked out of my parent's palace at strokes well past midnight—to meet you at
the footsteps of the mosque; from where we'd planned to silently elope?
Just Where were you when I was starving to an unforgivably gruesome death just
outside your doorstep; waiting for your eyes to atleast recognize me-if not make love;
as an organism whom you once upon a time profoundly and dearly loved?
Just Where were you when I was fighting an infinite devils singlehandedly; when I so
badly wanted your voice from behind to encourage and pep me up each unleashing
minute; and not at all the muteness of the atmosphere as my lone savior?
Just Where were you when I was just about to leave for my heavenly abode;
relinquishing my physical form forever at the commands of the Lord; indisputably
wanting to utter just once in your ears; as to how much I missed you?
And now when I'd only started to plan as to how to legally give you divorce; separate
you from each aspect of my life; you suddenly seemed everywhere-as if landed from
the land of nowhere; spuriously smiling and comforting me to save our goddamned
marriage; only so that not just half-but every part of my hard earned richness always
remained the complete gloss of your artificial lips?.