I love you!
I crave for you!
Longing forever!
And my love for you,
Sometimes,
Is a gentle breeze,
Flowing from you to me.
And I breathe the same breath as you.
Sometimes,
Is a warm spring sunshine,
Lighting up your beautiful face,
And warming up my heart.
Sometimes,
Is a moonlit starry night,
And I lay awake, Counting stars,
Dreaming of you, with open eyes.
But you are not here with me.
Would you ever be?
And my love for you,
Often,
Is burning embers,
Mild and gentle, grey and pink,
Hiding the fire within, like my eyes searching for you.
Often,
Is a cloudy sky,
Dark and gloomy, Shrouding my being,
Your face invisible, behind the curtains of your dark hair.
Often,
Is a winter rain,
Cold and piercing, my heart shivers,
Because your heart, icy as ever!
And I am here without you,
Waiting forever!
And my love for you,
Is a volcano, Hiding the fiery lava
Under a calm placid exterior,
Restless within, eager to burst out.
And if, it cannot explode in all its glory,
And consume you within its arms,
It will keep on burning, melting and bubbling,
Subsuming me from inside.
Will you ever see,
That I am hollow within,
Without you.
(27 Dec, 2020. Hoi An, Vietnam)
Gagan Dixit 