Same Story

Arpita Choudhury posted under Poetry Tale-a-thlon S2: Poetry on 2022-08-31



It starts with matrimony, on one summer day They walked round the fire, repeating as told to say Even before the first winter was over and away She’d returned, an expectant mother kept at bay And life rolled ahead, as many before. With romance banished, the real affair took seed  This time with life and to a new search breed And her man so far, like tracks that never meet Travelling together but never to greet Collecting pain at every stop, and moving again. As I write a story from a memory so stark I don’t know who I think of, so many that lack And yet keep up roles, and hold a straight back A constant toil until they lose all spark And even with their finish, it’s never the end.   Penmancy gets a small share of every purchase you make through these links, and every little helps us continue bringing you the reads you love!