"Walking Tender Paths"

"Walking Tender Paths"

Falling in love with a poet is weird-some

He begins by writing you poems in the night

About the fire in your eyes, the honey on your lips

And the passion with which he would kiss each one of them.

Sensual right? But a poet isn't a blind lover.

He sees-talk everything in between

All are part of falling in love, 

nothing is left out because of public cry.

He mourn your silence with a line

And writes a sonnet secretly to you,

Whenever you break a pound in his heart,

He uses every word to woo you back

And serenade you with the rhythm of each pause

And flow back into your conscious with every rhyme of his lines.

These "dirty" children of his emotions

Locked in the closets of his imagination

Are unseen by public eyes

But resound in the memory of the beloved

And embraced in bed during nightfall

As a figment of all that could be but are not.

When a poet falls in love with you

He is timid with his words

When he stands before your gaze

But audacious in his writing 

When you stand as the muse of his piece.

Poets in love loves the journey

From when your quarrel lays them in bed in sorrow

Or when you cuddle beside them in cold nights,

To when they sulk seeing you with another.

They want to own you solo

Like you are the world they live in. 

Poets may never know how to love 

Like you want them to even if they try 

Their love isn't a sprint

But a sacred delicate journey of hearts

Every turn is laden with joy inexpressible

Or pain deeper than can be described.

(Dedicated to a poet-friend: Pretty Jewel)

"Holy Politics"

 

"Holy Politics"

"Rejoice with them that rejoice"

Says the preacher to the silent pew

Littered with famished lay men.

He places his holy hands vibrating under the fervency of his words

On his rich white caftan and his face beamed with a saintly smile.

The place was less ventilated,

Puffs of air seeping in and out of the house

Like a vagrant child

Despite his whole body drenched with the blessings of the congregation

He cared less but basked in the Lord's glory,

He kept looking around searching for a political clue,

Then his eyes lights on the shabby look of the house of the Lord,

Dead light bulbs that give light to their dim eyes

And moth-eaten stools to support to their flattened buttocks.

He takes the microphone from the preacher

With a creepy smirk on his face

He voices out his incredible promises on the plight of the people,

And how he will turn their roads to streets of gold.

Cheers starts roaring here and there

Like their deceptive campaign ground

He opens the black briefcase in his stooge's hands

And money notes danced shamefully in the air

He whispers something discreetly to the ears of the hireling,

Who no longer cared for the safety of the sheep

Caught in the snare of this scavenging wolves.

He walk out through the holy aisle,

With the ovation high in the densed hall

As they all chorused his praise,

The preacher quickly says the grace,

And the people sit to count and name their blessings one by one.

    

"Blessing Disguised"

 

"Blessing Disguised"

The tiny voice of a weary bird,

Fly past your head flapping tired wings,

Its face lighted with hope

Not despairing of the miles yet to cover in the sky.

You look up to see this rare sight,

Perhaps, it might raise your beaten down shoulders,

Because faith is a fuel,

All it needs is a spark of fire.

The bird while flying hits a tree on its way,

And loses some precious feathers,

But it picks its shattered self up,

And rides higher above the spot it fell.

You marvel at this wonder in the sky,

Toes twitching trying to pin down these unfamiliar truth,

Life is throwing your way lavishly,

And like a timid child your hands shiver in excitement.

You bend and pick these lessons dropping at your feet,

Stare at them, nod your head, muster a smile

Rise with determination to rise above the earth,

Much more than your weary teacher.

"Submerged"

"Submerged"

How do I begin to describe this sweet moment,

The dance, the laughter and the tight hugs,

The words said in between kisses,

Or the peace in the silence of holding your hands while we strolled.

How you gave your ears to all that I had to say,

Like they hold some secrets you haven't heard me say before,

At the end you smile like an overfed child,

And ask me if I have some more.

How I smile and fall into your hands,

Knowing that there is safety in there,

How you let your soft palms,

Caress heaven into the hell burning in my skin.

You watch me walk back and front,

Missing each step falling for your eyes on me,

You chuckled at my nonsense saying it made so much sense,

That I would walk better if I follow your eyes.

Your eyes burn with the fire of the sun when you look at me,

I melt in the fire of your heat,

I melt into happiness and soft melodious sounds,

Laying there wrapped in your warmth of passion.

The morning should never come to us with prying eyes,

Let the darkness cocoon us forever,

Because no matter how dark it would be,

It would never stop me from basking in your light.