Can I treasure these drops?

These pearls are precious

Than the lightning across the lips

Soul with all its hopes

Dreams and memories

Weighs down

Till its shared

Salty raindrops can lighten the soul

When they are treasured

The eyes will meet to share

The lips will open to dare

Rain starved clouds

Awaits for every drop –

Each single drop is a boon

Can I treasure the raindrops?

I wish I could speak out

I wish I could scream

I wish at least a few words would trickle out

I wish I could write

I wish I could color

I wish I at least a shadow of me would float

I wish someone could listen

I wish someone could see

I wish at least someone just sit beside me

I wish I were blind

I wish I were deaf

I wish at least I could be dead for a while

Grey fog clouding

Veil of dust blocks

The darkest of nights

When one cant see anything

Behind the closed eyes

A peaceful pair of eyes

And I know why

Wild roar all around

Crowd of pointed fingers

Deafening noise of failure

And from deepest recess within

A calm touch of a call

And I know why

A loan raft in ocean

Single nomad in Sahara

A spec of dust in white sky

Right across my face

Whiff of burgundy streak

And I know why

When I beg to see

When I fail to grasp

When I plead to know

I get my answers

And I know why

Why I am still alive

Same old calendar, just the dates are new-

Voices – those were there, friends less than few;

Lips that I know, the kiss has changed-

Love you same as ever, dreams unchanged.

Breathes are same those I felt, whispers unknown-

Souls touching as close, those walls have grown;

Heart still strong and bold, but its beats have changed-

Love you same as ever, dreams unchanged.

Steps crimson as ever, path is all alien-

Songs that I always sing, words have got stolen;

It rains still as sweet, but the whole life has changed-

Love you same as ever, dreams unchanged.

This heart told that one

Want to tell you all

And lost his words

This heart told that heart

Paint your dreams wild

And searched for the colors inside

This heart told that one

Don’t worry about my wounds

And waited for a healing touch

This heart told that one

We will get it when its time

And yearned for a magic kiss

That heart told this one

Beware of my poison ivy fence

And screamed to take her home

This heart told that heart

You made me alive again

And walked on to get his life

Thousand candles I shall light

To look at your eyes

Thousand hills I shall cross

To be on your side

Thousand nights I shall stay awake

To watch over your dreams

Thousand summers I shall weather

To keep you backyard green

Thousand walls I shall crush

Just for a touch of your lips

Thousand waves I shall sweep

For your naughty nips

Thousand storms I shall brave

Just for a soulful call

Thousand winters I shall burn

To keep you from your fall

Thousand deaths I shall die

If you go away

Will be still praying that you

Smile night and day

The Sun was scorching

Skins turning red

Looked like I was enjoying the heat

I just wanted to hold your hand –

-         Till the time ends

Droplets turned into shower

Trickle turning deluge

Seemed I was loving to stay wet

I just wanted my hands to reach for yours –

-         Till the time ends

The chill was cutting in

Bones getting sawed

Apparently I wanted it in my favor

I just wanted to share the hand’s warmth with you –

-         Till the time ends

The darkness was total

Shadows aided its depth

I felt like I made the night last forever

I just wanted my hand to be there for you –

-         Till the time ends

Glistening leaves

waving at the clouds

this monsoon,

you might, I tell them,

just a few more moments’ – wait

I lost my peace

over a thought I can not

make my own;

raindrops falling on

a alien porch

they never found moon

on the water or in the sky, but now

steal moonlight peeking from the cloud cracks.

I smile at their effort and wonder,

why I painted the sky blue

sometime,

when you are not around,

my heart changes

into a finch

to fly away to lostville

Months after you left the room,

the vest that I wore

in my closet

still holds

the marks of your lips

creek that trickled

in deluge

after the downpour

all things in me

wants to bloom

Reaching the end of time

In your embrace

My only true rainbow

Between the hug

And parting

A crumpled sheet

A silken mess named beauty

Flick of a hand

Order returns

Jazz and blues, together-

Cloud covered full moon smiling

The note lingers under cover

A million poets

Have seen a million moon

The one I see is only mine

Explorer and his journey of love

Reaching land of spice

Liberating emotions

The full moon

Caressing the sky

The whole night through

After reaching zenith

Breath eases off

Sharing warmth

After..

… afterglow

Thereafter-

Between goodnight

And your disconnect

Silence

Three pints of life

One pint of reality

Bottled up

Unruly hairs under wind

Slipping feet and expecting hands

Suddenly fleeting child, bare-feet

A throbbing heart six inches away

Bottled up

Tons of words on paper, unspoken

Zillions of touches – untouched, unfelt

A few melting moments, frozen

Endless expectations to be one

Bottled up,

Blunt unused senses

Leaky overflowing feelings

Out of touch rusty passion

Past and future together

Bottled up

A crimson streak

Tiniest of spark

A half-dead firefly

Couple of acid drops

Bottled up

Thousand boulders pressing

Few short breathes - un-noticed stream

A life without