For an ailing love maker 
ending was optional. 
Nobody wanted to extend the truth 
and hear the distant voices. 
Half-waiting to divide the territory, 
splinters will unravel the mystery. 
A food chain slits the tongue, reaching, not reaching. 
In the island of lonliness 
somebody has left me midway in eternal twilight. 
Amidst the stars 
a river forgets the time, and moon 
scrapes the sky. 
A new pledge may bring back the sun.
Satish Verma