14th March

Today is 14th March

My 69th birthday.

No one cares

Except me myself.

I drink a cup of tea

In dark and silence.

I leave a bowl of water

On the porch

For sparrows that come to

cool their wings.



I comb my dying hair

And feel its rough texture.

Look at the ring

On my wrinkled finger.

It takes me back to my wedding day.

Where I am young and happy

To be in his arms

The reverie brings

Faint smile on my face.

Two sparrows chrip

I glance at them

Playing near the bowl.

I miss my man.

We would have shared this day

Had he been alive today.



I let the silence engulf me

And let my legs guide me

through the small trail

Where we used to walk together.

I know I will be

Walking through this trail again

In the cold winter morning

On his 70th birthday.

In the cold winter morning