bits and pieces

if you check through carefullyyou will find scattered piecesall over your house.they belong to mea tarnished coin(you had picked it for me from a roadside)a roll of scotch tape(almost finished),a tiny pair of scissors(you clipped your nails with that)half finished bar of soap(that lavender scent drove you crazy)a chipped mug with my zodiac sign(Aries love [...]

a postcard

in today’s world of emailingI send you a postcardmy e-words are tactilebut I send more concreteas you are awarewords do get lost in the cyber worldbut my postcard you can touch,savour or even inhale those crooked words speak(if you read between the lines),of my recondite emotions

mirror at crossroads

immense resolutionsshimmer in the cauldronsteam arises out of it I say I want to grow young with younever old, exploring everything new that we can not just each other, but beyond-the crossroads are my destinationsintersections are yours with my finger tips I trace out the steam off the mirrorwhile you watch the effect of it [...]

totality

in stillness of nightif you persistin being that close to me; I will have to finda way to plunge myselfinto your luminous soul I only believe in totality

within the pages

in the pages of my poetry bookI find you pressed to love poemswhen I untangle you, you resistI too lie down beside yousubmerging myself into the pagesthe press of you into meunleashes my hingesthe musty smell of poetryembraces us bothI close the book enclosing us, open into you impusivelylost in the mazes of the pages Trick [...]

nowhere island

the morning’s moisture misted on his beardwhile I watched from the sidewalksthe lake reflected the mountainsand I could see only himhis glasses perched on his headhe was immersed in silencegolden light of the sunpoured over himshowering him with warmthI wished to catch it from him like a coldwhen I came into his visionhe paused from [...]

musty scent of love

those old notes- yellowed, in tatters, words smudgingI tape them carefullyto preserve them for you both it is not quite dawn yet-what am I doing in the wee hoursgoing through old letterstaking in the musty scent of your love you know she sleeps in the next roomI don’t wish to wake her uplike the way [...]

crumbling walls

I create miniscule space-hide there blissfullywhen the walls hit meI don’t feel the painwhere did the walls come from?I did not build thoseI like vast opennesswith surprises in between.minds eye journeys throughobstacles, stops at a cornerto rest and rejuvenate. thats where I find you, my hero-with your arms open for me,a cocoon of love and [...]

hugging the stones, I meditate fervently

my axis has brokenafter spinning for so longon the ground that I lie nowI hug the stones closemeditate fervently for my love my covert glances cannot hidemy overt hunger for you-when did I manage to lose the treasure in the moss-my palms tried to enclose it wrapping it up did not helpyou escaped through the [...]

recipe of love brews well

my tremulous dream find you in my arms I breath in your scent blow into your ear. with the touch of my fingers your heart beat picks mine- you turn me towards you unrelentingly watch me trembling, with our combined feelings. your rigid posture gives in to me over the years I have fined tuned [...]