Awake and home
Chance encounter, first day
Stolen glances, second day
Meeting unheralded, third day
Tentative smiles, fourth day
Clandestine gander, fifth day
Absence thunderous, the sixth day,
Seat in my heart, taken, I see.
Should have sought her out, I know,
Follow, to her den, must have
But fool I am, abeyant went my heart.
Hours long are days now,
Moon clock, longer, lonely,
For all but me, time-wheel rolled.
Sun aft sun, pain dulled
Love for you faded, I reasoned,
With everything I am, but no, oh no!
A quiescent volcano, I didn’t know,
Simmering and flowing, dormant fire waiting,
Living dead, three long years
But today I see, sea blue eyes,
Blinding smile, sparkling bloss.
To your warmth I walk, through rain so cold,
I hold on to the only truth I know,
Sealing our lips, feel my heart drum,
A torpid beast, awake and home.
By Poornima Pravarthika, India