Yellow River
I wait across the yellow river.
Waiting for you to join me.
The dark aura tries to pull
into nothingness and dull pain.
I hope that you
remember me in your heart.
I don't know how many winters passed,
But I wait in hope to meet you,
welcome you with my open arms.
So, you stay with me forever.
I yearn for your love.
Still waiting across the yellow river.
I have watched, so many people
find their first moonlight, and glad for them.
Here I wait patiently for you.
You know, I can't remember for you
But, your love lingers in my emotion.
With that sensation, I wait across the yellow river.
I reminisce about the day, I met you
for the first time, so fresh like a water lily.
I fell in love with you at first glance.
I prayed to God that no harm
for you and only happiness goes your way.
So, I pray and wait across the yellow river.
I did my best to be with you.
I waited for you after your school bell rings.
Your giggles, dimples shined like stars.
I was happy to see a smile from far.
I didn't approach you in fear, fear of rejection.
Here, I pay the price of fear,
And I wait across the yellow river.
One time, I summed up courage,
asked you to be my friend.
You agreed, I felt like achieving a milestone.
Never was I, so glad, bouncing in joy.
Our friendship bloomed into a bud of flowers.
So here, I wait across the yellow river to bloom.
You know, I never told you,
that my life is shorter than a matchstick.
I tried my best to catch all good memories.
Our friendship is like a beautiful flower
that would be nipped before it blossomed.
That is why I wait across the yellow river.
I have waited, so long that,
I feel ancient. I know, my love
for you, never reached your heart.
Still, I am happy that I can be -
with you as friends, before my life ends
And, I wait across the yellow river for you.
It was my sin that I never-
allowed the flower to bloom.
I wish I did that before my death.
But what can I do, it's all past.
So, I wait across the yellow river.
Waiting for you to join me.
- Niya M.