Where are you now
My friend
Oblivious to all the noise
Around your boisterous life
Tucked quietly
In your study
Spying the Miniaturist
In a spurious eastern court ?

Where are you now
My friend
Withering in pain
Holding onto nothing much
While the young physio
Plays merrily with your broken wrist
With undue attention ?

Where are you now
My friend
Listening to some eternal music
On the internet radio
Lost in your blissful
Little happy world
While I die in silence?

Where are you now
My friend
Soaking in all the attention
From loving friends
And relatives even,
All across the country side
While I sit and wait?

Where are you now
My friend
When I need you
To answer my call
Or leave a message
That says it all ?

Where are you now
My friend
In the park green
Sitting quietly by the dark
All by yourself
Thinking of me ?

Where are you now
My friend ?