Holi

Hands smeared with colour

I stood long at your doorstep

To colour your countenance

With a bit of myself

At last you appeared in the doorway

Wearing a worried look

Many unknown hands reached you

Before I could raise mine

A purple face you raised

To look at me through untouched eyes

I found your cheek and neck

And brushed your tender bosom.

A warmth spread through my being

And flowed through outstretched hands

My colour on your face and body

Said more than I ever had.

Destiny reclaimed

Diffidently

I had accepted

My fate

As others wished

The world

Loomed menacingly

And drowned

My little voice

I writhed

And cried silently

But could not

Take my step

The coward

In spineless armour

Masqueraded

As my real self

Lashing out

I hit the world

Which shrank

With a hurt look.

My destiny

From them I snatched

And changed it

As I had wished

The world

Hovers all around

With an envious

Regretful glance

I stand atop

With a wry smile

Hey!

What can you do now?

Promises

Again and again I have hurt you

And dug deep into your wounds,

My own wounds still unhealed,

I have wanted you to just go...

For once I know

Who I want and that is

None but you.

Never will I hurt you

Or open old wounds

As I have thus far done.

Like a flower

I'll keep you love

Forever, with tender care.

Hopes and memories

A cigarette is lit

Up in smoke it goes

It is lit again

Raindrops fall

And go into the ground

They fall again

We meet to love

To love and part

And go our separate paths

Raindrops will fall

Cigarettes will be lit

Will we ever meet again

To stay

And not to split?

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In the silence of

My room, thoughts

Rush into my mind,

Flooding images

Of days long gone.

Alone, I relive

Moments known to

Her, to me

And the four walls

Silently looking on.

They understand

And ask

No questions,

Just comfort me;

I feel strong.

Time flies things

Change; my room

Is still the same,

It shelters me,

I hear her song.

In the silence of...