O thou, there, thee

Thee Anna, thee Donna, thee Chhotu,

Where are you?

You were in me

I was in you

You are still all over in me

Where is that me in you?

Am I dead inside in me

Am I dead inside you?

I breathed your breath, I lived your pulse n beat

I walked your walk, I dreamed your dreams n feat

I hoped the helical hopes, I slid up those slopes

I treaded those unsure paths

I kneaded an unlikely dough

Yet thirsted & partook of that sweet wine and bountiful bread

Of lengthening my shadows in your lovely light

Dare I say that I always saw the inevitable end

Nay, never imagined it would steal-in so nefariously near

Now that I am heaving for my breath, my pulse n beat

Now that I am limping for my walk, my dreams n feat

Now that I scratch my skin and soul to find,

I open my un-drunk eyes to see

I am dead inside you

I am dead inside me