By Vineet Kumar Singh
Melancholic heart and baffled mind,
He prepares to leave his precious, solitary behind.
Aching souls, wailing in separation,
Trembling lips lock in desperation.
Tear-soaked eyes exchanging glances,
Praying to the heavens for reunion chances.
Frozen eyelids and pulsating beat,
Embedding memories of this culminating meet.
"Goodbye, my love," thus the mariner speaks,
Wiping tears rolling down his damsel's cheeks.
Commences sailing, the whistles blow,
Bids last farewell to his darling, sniveling below.
Blistered hearts in painful heights,
Catching glimpses till out of sight.
Turmoiled souls, sheared in parts—
Every time a mariner from his beloved departs.