Love Hamlet

I am standing on the shore

With one foot in the ocean

The other on the sand

The one in the ocean is pulling me

Calling me out to dive and swim

To wade through the shallow waters

And float to the deeper ones

To rejoice in the whirlpools

To keep swimming till I drown

And lose myself to the mighty waves

The one on the sand hinders me

It pulls me back to the shore

A summon to safe heavens and sane places

It has me glued to the spot

Stuck and immovable

Held back

Trapped in an octopus’ legs

I am torn in half

Between diving and staying

My being split into two

Between sanity and madness

To step in or step back

That is the question

Will I hear the calling of the ocean?

Will the octopus set me free?

Will I drown and lose myself

Or will I stay put on the safety of the shore?

The Nurse

One pale day when I will be all sad and dejected, disappointed by life. Sitting by the window with my head perched on the table looking out at the rain and the dark grey desolate sky. I would be lost somewhere in the melancholy of it. And then you would come. Sit by my side and not say a word. Without breaking the silence, without ruining the sanctity of the moment, you would just sit by my side. And bring your head by mine. You would look at me warmly with the intensity of those eyes, your hazel eyes swirling with molten honey. And gently you will bring your scented fingers to my hair. And you will stroke them. You will stroke them with all the love you have ever known. You will run those slender fingers between those glossy black hairs as if you waited a lifetime for this moment. And your soft pores will absorb all the pain and sorrow. And I would just sit quietly, close my eyes and let you be the healer, let you be the nurse. Let you wrap yourself around me like a child. Let you be the balm I have waited for eternity. I’ll let you soothe me, comfort me, nurse me back me to health. Let you caress all my wounds. Let you be that coat in the cold. And in that moment I know I will be fine, I will be good. I will be healed, all my pain gone all the sorrow whisked away, all my pangs dissolved, all my sadness vanishing into thin air. 

Vineyard

We are sowing a vineyard

You and I

Watering it each day

With our warmth and care

Nurturing it with

With affection and love

And this vineyard will grow

And it will flourish

One day when we will part

When you would go your own path

And I will go my own way

One day when we will finally say

The final goodbye

When I will leave you

And you will leave me

This vineyard of ours

It will engulf us

Surround our beings

The vines will wrap them around us

Strangling and suffocating  

With all our warmth

Our care and affection

All the madness

The poison

And chaos

And then finally

The grapes will be picked

And the wine brewed

The wine of our memories

Of unheard melodies and unsung sonnets

Of regrets and sorrows

Of pain and pangs

Of unsaid words and repressed desires

Of sad goodbyes and streams of secret tears

Of unfulfilled wishes and long sighs

And we will pour that wine

In our own places

In our own glasses

In our own times

And we will drink it

We will drink it to our fill

Without clinking our glasses

And seeing the other in the eye

The wine of our vineyard

Dreams and Nightmares

 

We had a dream

Of a shimmery evening

On the pier by the sea

Then we had a nightmare

Of dark desolate alleys

With demons and monsters alike

Playing it Safe

Let's not toy with sanity now

Let sane logic prevail

Let us part now

And swim in shallow waters

Playing it safe

Sunset

As I passed

Through the highway

Sitting by the window

The gleaming sunset caught my eye

The sky

A tapestry of blue and pink

Weaved together

In a lifelong embrace

And the scattered specks of clouds

The shape of your finely done eyebrows

Over those dry rocky mounts

I was spellbound

My gaze held

By the divine palette of colors

As the sun went slowly down

And the auras changed

To red and gold

Out of nowhere

I saw your face appear

That glint of your brown eyes

Your sunlight kissed face

And that smile

Dancing before my eyes once more

I Will Go Now

I will just go now

Walk away

Stutter to a land far off

And sleep like a baby

 In a meadow

With marble benches

Dark green canopies

And yellow fruits