Left Behind...

and there he left again..
the he changes,
but leaving continues...

to love and define
to care and cry
to hold but not too tight

numb and frozen
hurt? whats that?
just rambling on...

words have no meaning left
alphabets with no thoughts
the walls are growing stronger
a fortress of isolation

i sit here
life moves on....

Metamorphosis...long back...

A hush in the room
Broken by the jingle
Bangles dancing, anklets tinkling,
The dawn was breaking.

Smeared kumkum, droopy eyes;
Like rising sun across the sky
Rumpled sari, entangled rings
Waking up, to feel her dream.

Hair cascading, dark and long
Scented jasmine on the floor.
Her man beside her
A smile on his lips.

The cool water, running down
Recalled her senses: it's THEIR room.
The mirror had changed her world around
Was once a girl, now a woman had born.

Not now! Not here!
Intense, so deep…
Hey you! Stop there!
No more, no more
My heart can bear.

Don't pull, it pains
My soul is chained
Enough! I said
I am no slave.

I played, I know
I wronged, accept
Guilty of crime
My life is gone.

Stab me to death
Remove my shame
My tears don't fall
They drown my soul

I gasp for breath
It burns, it breaks
I shiver, I cry
But where to go?

Release, don't stay
This cage do break
No more I said
No more to bear…

Kavitha...

was it the eyes?
the deep dark ones..
was it the smile?
that was pure radiance..

was it the laugh?
childish innocence..
was it the glance?
shy yet piercing...

was it the never ending
chatter? like rippling waves..
was it those large tears?
soaking the heart with pain..

was it this or that?
that made me love you
more and more
now n forever...