A Jaded Romantic

Windswept

2011-03-21T21:11:00.002+05:30

From miles away,
I'll sing a song of comfort
If it has half a lucky chance
Of making you smile.

I'll write a thousand lines
Of heartfelt song and verse
To sing your soul
Into a peaceful ocean's bliss.

So the sea breeze can carry,
Across the steady swells,
All of my love
And all that I feel.

So these words of adoration
Homesick for lack of you,
Can whisper through your hair
And slip into your heart.

I'll do anything,
My only love,
To make you happy
And cwtch your soul.

Starblind

2011-02-19T12:47:00.001+05:30

When the brightest light
In all the world
Stands before you,
You are lost to it
And in it.

When the brightest star,
The one that sets your heart aglow,
Shines for you,
You are blessed
As few on earth have ever been.

When the most precious soul
In the universe,
Lies beating
Quivering in your arms,
Your soul moves too
And they sway together
To a secret celestial beat
That reaches through creation
Igniting all within its path
Causing stars to flare up
Where none were
And setting your world on fire.

When the most beautiful star
In all the skies put together
Glows before you,
You are blind to all else,
Starblind,
For only its light exists
And that is all you ever want.

Building Certainty

2011-01-30T15:14:00.006+05:30

I know the future is a scary place
With dark, shadowy plains
And damp, foggy marshland,
Where the weary traveler fears to tread,
For who knows what lies below...

I know this world is a scary place,
Full of lost and forlorn dreams,
That is never what you'd wish it was,
So you don't dare to live
For who knows what would happen if you did...

But we do...
We know
The future, the world
Is a wondrous place,
Where we've built so much
Between the walls of our hearts -
A home within us
Built of love for one another,
A place full of peace that we've invoked,
And beauty that we've put together
Stone by stone
And brick by brick.

I know we have
What it takes
To traverse this uncertain world,
Because I know,
When it comes to it,
I have you
And you have me.
Always.

Reach

2011-01-21T17:13:00.004+05:30

I wish that I could reach
Into that heart of yours
And hold your soul
Unto my own
To keep it warm
And loved
In loving palms.
That I could hold you close
And tight awhile
Or brush your hair
And kiss your cheek...
Anything to make you smile

Encrypted

2011-01-07T13:23:00.006+05:30

In an oneiric mist,
Where a pretty pixie and I walk
Over lines in the sand,
We flow together
So that one's place
Is as much the other's
Where no secrets exist
Or gaps either
Between one and one
And itself.
So we sit and watch
Love tiptoe in
And yawn aloud
At sanity
And the wild wide world
And precocity
So a hitchhiker
Will roll in his grave
As our souls fly off
In just the way
A brick would not.

Depth

2010-12-19T10:36:00.004+05:30

I know you're scared
And that the surface
Seems far far away
And that it feels
Like the sharks are circling
With the creatures
Of the depths
Holding tightly on
Refusing to let go
But there is light up here
In the world above
And I am here...
Reaching out...
Holding on too...
Hoping...
You will come up for air.

Quaero

2010-11-24T15:19:00.000+05:30

Everyone
Is always searching
For that one thing
That makes them feel whole
And very often,
They search in vain

So much so
That it would seem
Practical to declare
Such a search
Futile

But I know
Now,
Even if a little late,
That that search is real
And that it's true

Because I found you.

Stellar Nurseries

2010-11-19T20:16:00.001+05:30

In a world of dismal greys,
Sometimes you find
A bright blazing blue
Or a deep elven green
Or a sparkling red
That beats through veils of cosmic pall.

Sometimes a star
Sends out plumes of gas
And super-charged plasmic joy
That spin through the universe
Seeking out a home
And sometimes those evanescent vapours
Condense into what you'd call
A home.

Sanctuary

2010-10-27T22:17:00.008+05:30

I would that I could hold you
And keep you in comfy warmth;
Wrap you safe and trance like
In my loving arms.
I would that I could hold you;
Hold your hand awhile,
Brush your lovely hair back,
And bath'd be in your smile
I would that I could hold you
And kiss your precious lips;
Hold you tight against me
And melt into your hips.
I would that I could hold you
And fill your heart with bliss
So nothing else could matter,
'Cause only we exist.

Wider Horizons

2010-10-19T00:20:00.005+05:30

Stare trough the looking glass
And what do you see?
Fearful visions
And fodder for fearful dreams
But pull back a moment and you will find,
As your view expands
And your eyes start to see
The fearsomest things are tiny yet
When compared to the strength we have
And the strength we get
From loving to pieces
And peacefulness, too,
Each other,
Saying I love you..

Binary

2010-10-06T16:36:00.002+05:30

See that unending flame,
See it burn
Not unlike the stars
That fill our brightened sky,
Hot and life giving,
Eternal,
And pure...

We are star-forged,
You and I.
We belong,
Hand in hand...
Together,
In the night's sky.

Sensorial

2010-09-27T14:36:00.000+05:30

I melt into the walls
And am subsumed by the room
I'm locked in a surreal dream
With crepe curtains,
Walls with rugged, running spines
And talk that is neither here nor there,
Except I wonder where that might be...
Smoke curls around me
(The pipes are blowing hard tonight)
And I follow it -
The ups and downs of a life
Surrendered to the inevitable -
With an untrained mind
Struggling to remain in control
Of some sort or form.
I hope I find you again
I hope you find strength
I hope I do too,
Because it will take so much
To risk my soul again.

A Beat Escapes

2010-08-21T10:17:00.006+05:30

I didn't see you,
In the real sense of seeing you,
Until you spoke
And in that moment -
The moment I first saw you -
I knew I'd seen you somewhere before.
I'd given you a name before the world was born.
You've tracked through my dreams all my life.
Every place I've gone,
I've looked,
Searching for you.
In books,
In stories,
In stony corridors,
Real and of the soul,
I've searched for you.

And when I found you,
Time stopped.

And then, with the softest beat,
After slowing my heart
For the longest second,
The clock ticked on again.

Vinculum

2010-08-11T21:42:00.000+05:30

Two numbers sat together, two
One was me and one was you
A line was drawn to join us both
A tie of love, a sign of troth

A Ray of Hope

2010-08-11T09:36:00.001+05:30

There's a ray of hope
Shining right here
There's a ray of light
For you
There's the possibility
Of true joy,
True joy,
'Cause there's a ray of hope
Shining in you.

Nothing matters more
Than you
Nothing makes my soul glow so
Nothing makes the world
Dazzle in so many colours
But you.

There's a ray of hope
Shining right here
There's a ray of light
For you
There's the possibility
Of true joy,
True joy,
'Cause there's a ray of love
Shining in you.

Smallie - The Earnest Bear

2010-08-01T10:39:00.000+05:30

I want to reach out
And feel out your fingers
Show you this love is
The kind that lingers.
I want keep you
Warm and safe,
In a perilous world,
Create a happy place.
I want to show you
Whenever you're sad,
Whenever you're down,
That things won't be so bad.
I want to hold you
And keep at bay
All these worrisome fears
So I could just say,
Through all of these words,
Connecting the dots:
I hope you like me
'Cause I love you lots.

I Knew

2010-07-31T21:32:00.003+05:30

From the time we met
And you turned my head,
And showed me
Something new
From the very first talk
When the hours went by
And your soul filled my eyes,
I knew...

From that first dance
That lasted barely a minute,
When we'd have done anything
Just to prolong it,
From the feel of your arms
And that tinkling soft giggle
And those bright shining eyes,
I knew...

From that first walk
Down the boardwalk
At bandstand,
When you tried to pretend
That that was all it was,
But let me hold your hand,
I knew...

From that first kiss
That made only our world exist
In every way that mattered,
I knew...

That you would be my friend,
My love
Always.

The Ocean of Deep Transcendent Love

2010-07-05T23:22:00.004+05:30

Deep inside me,
Where only you have been,
There is an ocean
That is ours
And ours alone -
A place of peace
And rest,
Where weary bones
May sleep
Curled in each others' joints.

The water is calm and patient
A thing of many years
A wellspring
For the hope
That dispatches all our fears.
Lie here with me,
Upon this floating isle,
Lie with me a moment,
Rest here awhile.

There's a fire burning in me -
A fire you ignite.
There's a fire burning in you -
The flame of our love's light.
The sky at the ocean's end
Glows gloriously
And pushes her black veil back
To show
The flame of our love,
Sparks scattering across the sky,
Filling the heavens with stars -
Just to tell
Of this meeting
Of two incandescent souls
That have set the world aflame.

A single candle burns,
As the wind blows its flame to sea,
The wind that calls to us
And puts us at ease.
Our souls are filled with light
As we melt into each other,
Like two oceans flowing together,
Under a starlit canopy.

You have turned me
Into a seeker
Not only after you
But of the universe -
I will scour the heavens
In search of beautiful things
To bring back to you
To experience your joy
In them,
In me.

There is a serenity
That radiates
From within our conversations -
A peace that comes,
From our two souls,
An electrifying spark arising at the contact -
That spreads out into the world
Changing space and time
And the future.

This time-line is confused
And wraps itself
Around itself
As our love folds it
And twists it
Bending the universe -
This sea of electric impulses -
To its unchanging will.

Conspiratorial whispers
Flit about on the wind
As it blows through the world
And our souls,
Calling you and me
Into a future that is ours.

Outside the Cave

2010-06-27T11:10:00.000+05:30

Sometimes, a cave within your head
Will suck you in
And steal you from the world.
And even I can't get in
That door is magic
And shut to me.
But don't you worry,
Even if I cannot
Find a way through
To get my love to you,
When it opens, as it always does,
I will be waiting
Outside the cave,
With a warm jacket and warmer hug
And a candle, orange scented with love
And a flower and my sword
And a kiss you could only dream of,
And all the love in the world..

The Unknown

2010-06-13T05:05:00.003+05:30

We cast off...
Surrender ourselves to the winds,
Hoping to find a way home
Or at least to safer shores
And, maybe, a storm will catch us,
And upset this flimsy raft...
But, maybe, that chance must be taken.

I hope I find you
When the wind dies down,
Rather than sleep in a watery grave,
Dead and unloved
For lack of you

And until that day,
When hope comes answered,
Look for me in the sea,
The wind will whisper you my love.

Whispers at the Precipice

2010-05-27T10:57:00.000+05:30

If a whisper shivers down your spine

While your fingers trace the edges

Of a precipice in your soul

And mine,

While you find yourself longing

To just take the plunge

Into this light,

And if that whisper is warm

Like a hand full of stardust

Or one pressed against your back

Or arching feet

Or both,

Pay heed

Dear love

That voice is love's.

Let Me Be The One

2010-05-15T10:12:00.001+05:30

Let me be the light that shines in you

Let me fill your eyes

Let me the one that lives for you

Love me into life.

Love me like the ocean swells with peace

Love me without pause

Love me whether winds blow or cease

Let me be the one

Let me be the one that holds your hand

Let me be your guide

Let me show you the promised land

Come into my life.

Come and be the one that shines for me

Come and be my love

Come and let me live in ecstasy

Let me be the one.

This Star Won't Die

2010-05-13T10:00:00.003+05:30

If you look carefully,
The shadows will fade away
And the phantasms
That force you
To lock your love away
On hidden cloistered shelves -
The ghostly premonitory feelings
That exist only in darkness
And occupy your mind,
Will release their hold,
Their incorporeal selves.
And this is good
Because, if you look
Through their pall,
While suffocating
Under the shroud of fear,
You may (mistakenly!) assume
That the light is too bright
To be real
And even if it is,
Real and alive and whole,
Even if it's bright and strong and near,
You know the brightest flames
Die fastest...
But do they really?
If you think about it?
If that were true,
If that was it,
Do you really think
That this love would exist?
One occurrence
Of tremendous ignition
Set this universe aflame
It set jewels in the sky at night
(In the day-sky too!)
And stars don't die...
Not quickly, nor easily,
Not in a hundred years,
Not in a lifetime
Like yours or mine.

When I See You

2010-05-05T12:35:00.004+05:30

When I see you
I see the god in you
And the god in me sees you too
When I see you
I see beauty
I see life
I see myself
Reflected in an image
That is part me
Part something more -
The parts of you
That do not reflect me,
That add to me,
The most beautiful.
When I see you
I forget
Whether I am looking on
Another person
Or an extension of myself
When I see you
I see love.

I Know You

2010-04-30T09:45:00.006+05:30

Sometimes you scare yourself
And think
That this couldn't possibly be true
It's too big
Something must be amiss
(Even if the truth is,
The only thing wrong
Is thinking that it must be)
But if you sit and think
With your heart open
From within,
You'll feel a surge inside you
As the memories tumble out
And you'll see,
The way I see it,
That no one has ever gone
As deep within you
As I have
Or you have
Within me
So stare those fears
In the face
And remember
No matter what the fears may tell you
I know you
And I love you