The stars twinkle afar <br />Dancing in the iridescent night sky <br />And in the presence of shimmering stars <br />The horizon looks darker <br />And the years longer <br />In the silence of the night <br />I look out <br />In thirsting longing eyes <br />And see as if you are going past <br />Then I think of you <br />As you linger on my mind always <br />And that looks like a mirage <br />Haunting me in tears <br />Ensouled on hope, love <br />And memory for years <br />A world once golden now looks barren <br />The skies once azure now looks leaden <br />You are life <br />You are sunshine <br />You are faith <br />You are hope <br />You are my breath and my heaven <br />You give me peace sublime <br />It pains to open eyes <br />When you are not beside <br />So in closing my eyes <br />I see you shining <br />Like an eternal sunshine<br /><br />DEEPAK KUMAR PATTANAYAK<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sunshine-8/
