festival of calm

you haven't written in a while.
and today as i look out the window
at a world lit with the glittering hopes
that festivals tend to string along,
i wonder about the darkness that
has left you in unbreachable silence.
you are that one house on this street
with no string lights, diyas or rangolis.
passersby would presume the owners
are away. Meeting and greeting. but
If they wait and watch long enough
They might catch an unsure shadow.

I have left a candle at the gate, and a text
on your phone.(it hasnt got delivered yet).
now i will wait for the firecrackers
to diffuse this quiet, that is far from calm.