When sunshine left and shadows drew
We thought it was a passing phase
And we were sleepy eyed
Those innocent dews shed
Didnt we dismiss it as just the blues?
I was quite adept at shaking off my moods
The depths of those yet unplumbed
The tears unspent, the years just went
Unjustified, I never cried
And you, were like wood.
The photograph you asked from me
Sent through mail the old fashioned way
It took a month for eyes to meet
Deadwood stirred came alive a bit
To see me laughing against drying grass and leafless tree
Faraway the tree the day the life
and our meandering ways
to get the drift of my life was out of your course
and how far small boats can drift apart in the sea of hearts
While minds busy with work and play lays no store
Yet the longer apart, souls winged yearnings to the shores
Of longing says
Come! back and forth go like soft waves that sway, between
safe bays
Seeking a little lagoon of life where love harbored can stay
Come you've reached long last through the pain you felt
I see you my friend my love my doom
And my heart melts
To see how far you had to travel just to meet this day.
But the spookiest shadows haven't left yet
The darkest woods haven't been crossed in faith
Lustful winds screaming shut my gates
Doomsday's door ajar my path still at it set...
I cannot leave my fate such sweet
Importune moments to meet
So long a time ago and since then
You have risen like knighted power and I have just faded away
An unfinished poem dead sea scrolls salted by the way
You truly tried, touched to your calling by the sword
But I'm no knight
I'm the mermaid land rejects and swift deserts the tide...
Say, will you become my poet?
Say it unflinchingly
Will you - undaunted, fight for me?
Is it too late or perhaps not yet,
To write the last lines to the unfruitful quest
And end this frightful search for me?
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(c) Amrita Valan 2014
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