LET IT BE

LET IT BE

                       Manmayuri Lahkar

You are not with me,

Let it be.

You are now someone else's,

Let it be.

The bond of our heart [hearts] is no more,

Let it be.

My life is for you,

If you don't want,

Let it be.

                                    24.09.1997

(From "The Journey", A Collection of 50 Poems, by Manmayuri Lahkar, Foreword by Professor Pradip Acharya, Published by Parul Lahkar, DTP & Printing by Info Comp, Opp. Assam Engg. Play Ground, Chandmari, Guwahati-21, 50 pages, hardbound, Rs. 35.)

Proof that a moving poem can be written in very simple, elementary-level English.

Kishalay Sinha [G]