Footfalls of Silence

A duet poem is a joy to write when the poets are in tune with each other. Footfalls of Silence is a poem written with Nirmala Sasi Varier for Synthesis, an anthology of duet poems, published by Poiesis Online (Gopakumar Radhakrishnan).

Footfalls of Silence

I tread carefully

lest I trample on the

leaves of your memory,

the murmurs of your presence

still whispering in my ears,

the silence of your absence

resounding in my heart,

your voice in my memory

fading away in timbre,

your call still tugging at my soul.

Lingering with the flies

of fleeting reminiscences

I stall my lonely steps

for your long-awaited footfalls

to catch up with mine,

I pause at every turn

of an unspoken thought

hoping you will intercept

to meet me at this bend or the next

on this road to infinity.

© Nirmala Sasi Varier/Sujatha Warrier 2013

(Included in Synthesis, an anthology of duet poems.)