The Incomplete Tale.. Zainul Husain

 

I am the incomplete tale
You never tried to read.
I had everything for you
But you stopped your hands
after turning just a few pages.

I knew you were a great beginner
Full of adventure and emotions
But you denied to end
The last plot of our destination.

I held your hand firmly
Hoping you will not leave me among the gigantic waves of woes
Bidding farewell like strangers
Expressing your feigned wishes from the shore.

I destroyed my life making you my Hamartia.
My hopes transformed into a painful perepetia.
The curtain dropped
The drama ended.

The hero became villian
Leaving traces of a coward
With gallons of venom in his heart
And numberless promises on his lips.

© Zainul Husain
     India
    03/08/2021