When hope leaves you
Like a drop sliding on a leaf,
Like a bubble bursting anon;
When fear of loss,
Stalks you forever and ever;
When in the sunshine of hope,
Despair follows you
Like your own shadow;
When time creates furrows on the skin
And cracks in relationships;
Then….
Even the pen betrays you,
The words on its tip mock at you
The ink dries
Like the emotions inside.
Narinder Jit Kaur is a retired Associate Professor from Patiala,who taught English Literature for 31 Years in various Government Colleges of Punjab. A writer and a translator, she has five books of translations, from Punjabi to English, to her credit Including Voices In The Back Courtyard(Rupa & Co.) -An Anthology Of Short-Stories By Punjabi Women Writers. She writes articles, poems and short-stories in English, Punjabi and Hindi. You can read more from her on narinderjit.com