This night is blind

by Gopali Chakraborty Ghosh

This night is dark
This night is blind
My night is the companion of the moon
And see, after many a day,
She has come alone
In such quiet desolation has she come.
 
Perhaps some one will put out the lamp
And I will talk to Darkness all night,
Tell all the secrets of my heart.
But Darkness shies away from me
See, she sits there alone
Alone and silent in that corner.
She is mad, my Darkness
So silent she is
She hurts me, she pierces me.
But still she is mine
And I will lay my head on her lap
And in her arms
I will sob silently
And Darkness is the kohl
That unravels from my weeping eyes

My night is the companion of the moon
And see, after many a day,
She has come alone
In such quiet desolation she has come.