My Evangeline

by SHAMIM MERCHANT in English Poems

Dark gloomy sky was weeping above,Pouring torrents of rain.As if nature was empathising with me,And crying alongside, in my pain.My clothes and my heart were equally drenched,As I stood there heartbroken, sad and subdued.The universe was laughing at me,After ...Read Moreharsh and rude.It had taken away my most precious treasure from me,Evangeline: my love, my life. My heart constricted in my chest,As if someone had twisted in a knife.Standing in the downpour, I realised...As we gradually lowered her rosewood casket,She now belonged to another world,And the earth had embraced her in its coarse blanket.Evangeline - My Evangeline,My dear wife now sleeps Read Less