The Final Flame

(Hindi: वादा तो नहीं था - भाग तृतीय)

1. Evening of Surrender
I’ve cried enough
For what was lost,
Now even tears
Pause—
At a cost.
Your absence walks
Like shadow near,
No longer pain—
Just presence dear.

2. The Ash of Heartbeats
This heart once beat
With you alone,
Now it glows
As embered stone.
Each thump still speaks
Your sacred name,
But not in grief—
In gentle flame.

3. The River Within
The river flows
Not for regret,
But for the name
It won’t forget.
I’ve not erased
You from my air,
But I don’t chase
What’s not still there.

4. Whole Without
Yes, I’m without
Your daily gaze,
But somehow whole
In fractured ways.
The pieces broke—
And yet became
The portrait
Burning with your flame.

5. Love’s Rebirth
Now love doesn’t
Seek a face,
It rests in time
And silent space.
You’re not afar—
You dwell within,
A timeless hush,
A fragrant skin.

6. The Final Truth
Your leaving
Did not stop the tide,
Life walked on
With you inside.
I no longer
Wait for doors to swing—
I breathe the truth
You left as spring.

7. The Last Promise
And if we meet
In some new dawn,
Not in words—
But silence drawn...
You’ll know me then
Without a sound,
Where life without you
Still circles around.