Three Days by the Sea


Last week I walked the windy, cold sea,

My mind begging me to stay back just one more day.

I did not want to taste a freedom

I feared I might never hold again.


Yet the moment I went,

I stood still, facing the horizon,

Thinking of a life, of a handful of people

Who seemed to know happiness so naturally.


Take me out—

Of this quiet ache, this waiting heart.


When waves kissed my feet for nearly an hour,

Tears slipped through my eyes—

Not knowing whether they belonged to joy or pain.

Joy, for meeting a few beautiful souls,

And among them, a brother.


Three days—

Brief, deep, unforgettable.

Three days

I will always remember.


-Chippy Mohan

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