New Paintings

Revisiting a place which I

had left long ago,

gave me mixed feelings.

The empty spaces that were

filled with nervous first taste

of kisses and shivering touches,

were not there.

they were filled up by unknown

faces I never knew,

and the ones whom I knew,

looked the other way as

they never recognised the boy

that I was.

This way,

All the paintings that I had

Are now old. 

And the new ones need

new fittings on the wall,

some new frames to go

with them, and also

some new lights, positioned to

focus in new angles.

And all these were a whole lot of

new jobs.

Thus, I piled on the floor my

new paintings and one by one,

I started pulling out the old ones

from the walls,

so that I can give the room a

complete new look without much

work.

Someone truly said,

That life doesn't wait for anyone

or anything, and once you realise

the new inside of you, it

will give you the joy that your

old paintings gave.

Hence, take a deep breath,

Switch on the lights, and say

"Au revoir, my friend"