my naive brain believes in a love story .. countless movies and books have added to this euphoria .. a beautiful someone just walks in your life and turns it upside down .. surprisingly all my stories end in a tragedy ..
Alone and lonely was I
Seated on a bench, staring at the sky
In you walk, elegant and charming
Sit beside me and smile my way
I extend my arms to hold your hands
With an innocent smile and a toss of hair
You cuddle closer while I smell your air
With one arm around you,
The other lifts the face
A brief pause and you close your eyes
Our lips meet and in flows the energy
As our heart beats in sync with the kiss
I realize, I’m falling in love with you
The clock strikes a note, you push me away
Walk out my life, you choose the way
- an excerpt from the poem "Falling in Love", Nov 1997*
.. and yet for all the love story madness, a partner is nothing but another person with a personality who each of us can define as ideal .. what I seek is a person who is simple ..
Hidden in the crowd is the simple girl
who lives the life for the joy it beholds
Smiling and oozing confidence, she dresses bright and bold
her warm personality beacons me to caress and hold
Yes ..yes says my heart she is the one .. she is the one
- an excerpt from the poem "Is she the one?", Aug 2009*
.. and at times, love takes a completely new dimension .. something beautiful and crazy .. a craziness that forces one to do things beyond imagination like the emperor who decided to build a monument that stands forever .. a labor of love .. one which has been chiseled on a white marble on a banks of a river .. the beautiful Taj Mahal ..
An ode to love
a white marble mausoleum
a tear drop for a beloved
built for eternity bloom
- an excerpt from the poem "Tajmahal", Jun 2021*
to be continued .. dark love, stupid love