Suddenly, I got a call,
On the line, my dad and my mom.
They were coming for me;
I was in the hostel,
Waiting for them.
Not only them,
But also my favorite,
My lovely dog Orion.
He’s my favorite thing.
I called them again,
“Where are you?”
They said,
“We’re still on the road.
We’ll enjoy a lot on this trip.”
I didn’t attend the classes,
I didn’t have breakfast,
The thought of the future alone
enough to make me full.
But by evening, they still hadn’t come.
They didn’t answer my calls.
Why? What happened? Why?
Suddenly, I got a call
From an unknown number.
Telling me callously and shortly,
An accident had happened
Their road had promised me everything
Led me to silence,
And delivered me to nothingness.
Manasa Kaliki is an author and poet located in India. She predominantly writes Haikus, and in the occasion that she does write a poem, focuses on topics such as ‘Nature’, and ‘Relations’, and her observations on life.