Sleepless nights

 

Sleepless nights,

Dreamless nights,

Lifelong,

And, life is long.

Like her binary Star

 

I know that she is far,

But when You patrol,

The Universe,

Stop by my lovely star,

Tell me if she's

Shining bright,

Can I bring her home,

Riding my kite?

Can she be my little wish,

If only for a blink?

Can she ride a shooting star,

And softly land on my moonlit rink?

Or, can I be forever near,

And yet be forever far,

And circle her,

Like her binary star.

Your Small Corner of the Universe

 

Your Small Corner of the Universe

Is bigger than the Universe.

The speck called Universe,

Cannot contain Your Love,

Neither can many Multiverses

Contain Your Love.

Except, for mindspace, read heartspace.

 

A friend sent me this Friday farmaan:

Don't let anyone, anyone rent a space in your head unless they're a good tenant.

I reflected:

Same to same for the heart, except for mindspace, read heartspace.

The Latlong doesn't seem wrong

Where are chalkmarks on the wall

That made up for stumps?

Where is the postbox

Where I dropped postcards of joy and sorrow?

Where are the kites

That covered the city's sky?

Where is the mango grove

Where we paused for breath?

Where are the smiles

That people wore?

This is not my city!

But wait, the city's latlong

Doesn't seem wrong. 

I scent the moon in the sky

 

I scent the ocean in the oyster,

I scent the moon in the sky,

I scent your smile in the darkest hour,

I scent your breath in my soul.

Dance their dance of mirth

 

When the rainbow is my arch of love,

And the evening scents of her,

When diamonds sparkle in the sky,

And the moon goes sailing by,

When the fog is still on the lake,

And the world is not awake,

Then angels tiptoe my home and hearth,

And dance their dance of mirth.

Default

 

Some modern sages say:

Do not settle for default,

Push the envelope.

I say:

Default is not a fault.

By default, I love you.

Faith gives it wings

Hope is a thing with feathers...

-Emily Dickinson

Faith is what gives it wings.

-Anon