Letting Her Go

And I let the butterfly fly away

Unscathed and untouched

I let the dove out of the cage

Unspoiled and unbroken

As pristine as ever

Melting Hazel of Your Eyes

I feel satiated

Drunk to my fill

As if I had a fine shot of vodka

Or did I get lost forever

In the melting hazel of your eyes?

Love Virgin

And he had the honor of engraving the first letter on the clean slate of her heart. Never would she forget the first. Not even in her sleep. He penetrated all the layers of iron that she had built around her heart shielding it from the emotions and feelings she thought were a sign of weakness. Vulnerability is a trait of the weak and mean she said. But he penetrated the tough exterior all the same. Like a fish diving into the mighty ocean he dived straight into her heart, free and effortless. He sold her the best dreams one ever could. And she bought them. The dreams were just too magical to resist. She felt herself being spun around in a rainbow, flying high in the sky like a nymph. Her defenses could not hold. The mighty iron wall came tumbling down like a castle of sand. All her arrogance, her pride, her ego withered away before the spell he cast. He had the wee bit honor of breaking her. He stained the love virgin with indelible marks on her soul forever. He became a part of her. Something she will never be able to let go of. And she gave a bit of her soul to him. Something she would never have back. He became a part of her literature with the pieces and bits of him peering from her letters. He would always be found in those words if someone ever tried to explore them. Immortalized in the ink of her words for the ages to come.  

Nostalgia

And the wind caressed my face

Bringing forth

All your velvety whispers

And savory kisses

Back in an instant.

Parting

    

On a foggy eve

In a café

In a beautiful street

In downtown Paris

Two strangers sitting

On a table by the window

A hot cup of cocoa

A macaroon with it

Parting their ways

Strangers

Neither friends nor foes

Neither love nor woe

(The angel and the dove)

We are just strangers

Baring our souls.

Unheard Melodies

You could live in the same house

Under the same roof

For thirty years

And not feel anything

And you could spend

Three days with a stranger

And get pulled in by the whirlpool

Of their unheard melodies

And unsung sonnets

In an instant

Caught in their spell

Forever

Time has been just a lazy spectator

Watching us from a distance

And laughing

As how we fall prey to its infinite traps.

My Idea Of Heaven

Your idea of heaven is wine and houris

Beautiful women and their splendor

Jewels and diamonds

Sapphires and rubies

Lakes of milk and honey

Palaces and army of slaves

Tell them this is not my heaven

My idea of heaven is a serene green land

A meadow with white flowers

 Where lovers roam

Holding hands

Unafraid of losing each other

Ever

My idea of heaven is an adorable little girl

The cherubic smile on her doting face

Etched forever

My idea of heaven is children

Beautiful cute little children

Lots of them

Their laughs rising like colorful bubbles

My idea of heaven is eternal peace

The bliss which never leaves

The love you forever feel

My idea of heaven is a place

Where a mother never wails

For a dead child

Where a father never lifts a light coffin

Not wines and houris

Nor rubies and sapphires

Not palaces and slaves

My heaven is eternal peace

The bliss which never leaves
The love you forever feel

Effortless

Catching feelings

Like catching cold

On a bitter frost night.

Life As We Know

Hollering desires
Seething emptiness

The missing pieces

The ever present absence

The unbridled heart

Never ending struggles

Unfettered longings

Inciting impulses

Burning temptations
Dark abysses
Intricate mazes
Haunting obsessions
Dancing demons

Endless circle of suffering

Unrelenting chains of pain.

Roadside

Cloudy Sky
Bare trees nearby

Cars swooshing past

Courtyard of a cozy café

Little wooden chairs

And round little tables

Red and white napkins

Polka dots table cloth

Fluttering with the breeze

Yellow roses

Blue vases

Raybans and long coats

Leather jackets and long boots

That fringe on the forehead

Soft murmur on the lips

Never fading smiles

Occasional laughter

Bells tinkling

Glint of the ring

The world wrapped in a rainbow.

Somewhere In The Sky

Clouds scattered

In the deep blue sky

Soft fluffy cotton candy

White as snow

Endless love

Pure bliss.

Tapestries

We are all weaving

the tapestries of our story

And our tapestries are the same

It’s the colors which differ

They have different shades

Their own auras

The stories we weave

Are all one tapestry

It’s our color which

Gives it the touch of our story.

Tonight

Tonight I’m missing you

Like I never have

Snuggling in the blanket

Sitting in my warm bed

I hear your voice

Calling out my name

Again and again

It resonates

The softness of it

Drenched in pure silk

The sweetness

Someone pouring honey in my ears

My heart melts

Soft as wax

Arising feelings

Sweet as hot chocolate,

Drinking In

I am drinking in your love

I’m drinking from all the memories

That we made

I’m drinking the golden syrup

Of the memories

Poured out in silver cups

Basking in ecstatic delight

My soul is singing the same song

It used to sing

When it heard your voice.

Reminiscence

I remember the poem I wrote
For you
And then sent it all the way
It was a silly one
A simple thing
Yet so full of love
You had loved it
Waking up to it
Reading it first in the morn
You had absolutely adored it
Never did I know
That in the days to come
I would be writing
Verse after verse
Looking for the trail
that disappeared
Into a dark cave
At midnight
In the blue moon.

Paper and Blazing Colors

Whenever I will miss you

I will pour you out

Raw

On paper

Dyed

In blazing colors,

Red and Gold

The sun is about to set

The world is dyed in shades

Of orange and gold

The wind becomes colder

I zip up my jacket

Up to the neck

Wrap my arms around me

Feeling the chill

Of the approaching evening

I shudder a little

A strange sadness engulfs me

Taking me in its arms

Ever so gently

Makes me smile

A small tear flows

Out of the corner of my eye

I reminisce

Feeling the sweet pain

Faintly

Somewhere in the heart