All Alone

by Subhankar Das

The man who sits all alone in a coffee shop
who says he is sitting all quiet?
He babbles away
with himself
with you
with me
ceaselessly.
He is the one who never stops to listen.

I try real hard
to sit in silence
but fail every time
start babbling without even knowing
without any reason.

I have to practice
to keep quiet and stop being a blabber.
I will try to draw a void
a circle
without a compass.
Though
it does not mean much.