kiss
rain
This pouring rain reminds me of you –
kisses of life softly planting on my skin
at a thousand places.
nightingale
I often leap
to touch your colours
breathe in
your lingering taste
in agony, in ecstasy
I climb inside you
as you unravel
in my veins
in your garden
flowers blossom
like open secrets
and warm kisses
fall down like rain
your one spark
spun me in a trance
now lost in you
I have become insane
every single memory
leads me back to you
born out of love
my very existence
bears your name
tell me
oh darling Beloved
how can I stay apart then
and yet
remain the same?
reticent reverie
come to me
not as a wild thought
a forgotten image
or a transient feeling
not as the wave
that returns
after kissing the shore
not as light
that trickles
through the leaves
on a sunny day
unsure of its presence
or absence
but as the coolness of sand
under the shade of the sun
as the white of pearls
or the green of leaves
as the lasting depth
of ocean bottom
stay with me
like inherent nature of things
constant yet fascinating
unwavering
enduring
real
∙ tenderheartmusings ∙ 