Friday, May 15, 2015

Stormy Soul

Do you understand the storms?
They rage across your sky
deafening roars piercing hearts
Their ferocity tears you apart
Do storms have souls?
the restless,
agonised souls
waiting for a reprieve.
as they take your leave.
The skies, too, have emotional outbursts
ripping at the seams
like minds,
tormented minds
screaming minds.
Do storms have hearts?
do they seethe, feel
too stifled to breathe
I hold them inside me
hiding them from skies
hiding them in my lies
But they betray me
as they cloud my eyes
with a strange grayness
The doors of my heart
rattle,dangerously
shaking the core
faith threatened,
uprooted
The wait for storm to pass
goes on, nevertheless
The lull,afterwards
howls.
Do you understand
the silences
after the storms
cold to feel,gray to see
eerie silences scream loud
The uninhabited planet,
that I call heart
seeks relief 

After Me...

Will you
shed a tear or two
the day I bid my
last goodbye?
Will it rain on that day
falling with abandon?
I have always liked
the passion of a downpour!
Or, will the leaves,
dried out and
weathered,
fall over the place
I had claimed as mine
Will you,
place beside me
a bouquet of my verses?
Some had brought me smiles
others had made me cry
some I wrote for you
and the ones I did not show
There are some
I wrote in love
fragrant, and exquisite
as vintage lace
Pluck them please
keep them close to you in
some place
Don't get for me exotic flowers
for them,there will be
no room
I never lived as a rose
They called me a wild bloom

Conversations with the Sky

I whispered to the darkness
of the night
about our little wishes,
of sky and I
The sky looked at me
with a smirk,
"I know all.
The nights you stay up
stacking dreams neatly
when you browse your checklist
with wishes listed sequentially
I know when most checkboxes remain
vacant
You patiently wait for
another day,
another moment
another opportunity.
I expand in pride,the sky continued,
more kindly this time.
I invite you, then
to steal my stars to
embellish your dreams
The starkness does not become you"
I look back in hope now
Knowing someone else is up
with me
I feel the kinship,
the warmth envelopes me.
We both lie back
to await the dawn
It arrives on my horizon
wearing a blush
the sky looks at me again,
with a smirk
Love still exists,somewhere
in the universe!