Sunday, September 12, 2010

"My Heart"

You Were Always With Me
Never Far Away
But One Day I Said Goodbye to You
And Locked You Up For Decades

Like a Treasure Lost at Sea
You Were Only Meant to Be Found
You Cried Out To Be Heard
But Harsh Waves of Life
And Crashing Tides of Fear
Multiplied All Your Tears
And I Could No Longer Come Near

The Damp Clumps of Sand
Weighed Heavily On My Feet
And the Coarse Texture of its Grains
Crept in Between My Toes
And Kept Shouting At Me "No!No!No!"
And I Was Washed Ashore

But Somewhere Somehow I Still Heard You
In the Quietness of a Seashell
And Felt You Through
The Calm Light of the Moon
This Led Me to Dive Head First Into An Ocean
Of Cool Midnight Blue

Dark and Scared
I Felt I Was So Alone
But Just Once
I Looked Up Above
To Plea To Something Greater Than Me

When Lightly Touching My Tender Feet
I Felt A Sparkling Ruby
A Radiant Jewel
So Fiery and Bright
And I Knew It Was You This Time

Patiently Waiting
Always Present There Beneath My Feet
Yet The Only Thing
That Stood Between You and Me
Was The Way That I Had Seen.

2 comments:

Patnaiwi said...

Your words are like a sparkling spectrum of pearls..beautiful and with feeling. Enjoyed it.

Ask Gyan uncle/Aruna auntie for help in finding a place to publish some of your poems.
dad

Unknown said...

Mitu, you write so well. Just lovely. Keep smiling & writing.
It gives me so much pleasure in reading your poetry.

Love always.