Kavyanjali

                 

You embraced me like gentle waves as I stood barefoot in the scorching sands; Off with you I set out on an odyssey to never never lands. In your silence I heard the hurricanes raging inside; your twinkling eyes reflected the scars of a wounded pride. Beneath the stains on my mirror you saw me dive in diffidence; In the echoes of my loudest words you felt the eerie silence. We bridged the gap between us with the boulders of a common wall We climb the same cliff But in different horizons we fall. Like constellations of a shimmering sky we discovered each other As the leaves rustle in twilight, in our caves we disappear.

Time and again did we coincide on different planes playing different roles familiarity though vague, never does it subside and the similarity in us beyond the genes it goes. We die again to be born again portraying sequels of a prewritten story pacing up and down the same memory lane we re-write our common history. It isn't quirky how we reach consensus obliterating all gaps and differences In times to come, shattering the fences we will meet again in varying circumstances. 

I trained my galloping horses to amble through the narrow lanes I told my inside voices to hush and kept them locked in chains I abated the raging fire to flicker in mere embers with precepts I built a pyre to kindle the sprouting desires I caged my wandering mind barring it from taking chances tried to keep everything aligned tuning in with all the circumstances But who I did this for? the question remains unanswered I forced myself to the perfect core and the purpose remains unserved And now as I set them all free the voices, all they do is whimper The horses, they refuse to flee and the fire has lost its vigor Drugging yesterdays, paralyzing tomorrows I struggle in between the devil and the sea No matter how crowded, I'm lonely and low 'cause I myself am not with me.

Stumbling down the rocks I flow into your ocean Ruffling the countless leaves I blow in your direction Wading through the mud I walk into your meadow Burning down to ashes I conjure your shadow Crashing through the wind I soar into your infinity I am lost, still being in you as you conceal your identity

Gone are the days when we found happiness in ourselves forgotten are the ways those that brought us to our present lives We think they are all happy families within the four strong walls But they don't even dine in peace with frequently interrupting phone calls The sunset and the sunrise the fall, rain and the snow We see it all through the camera eyes to have memories in tow Money is all locked up, away from danger because trust is just a fancy word but you trust your child with a stranger 'cause putting anything before work sounds absurd we've thousands of friends online because reality is hard to embrace We sure do converse over a bottle of wine But never give up our personal space Now love comes with money and goes through constant rise and falls friends stay till it's bright and sunny and relatives, they're just a bunch of trolls We've crossed the horizon diving deep into the worldly amenities eras

Weaving myself a cocoon with time's unbreakable threads I was sheathed in darkness lost in search of myself Scratching the shells of ignorance I struggled my way out into the light fluttering my unshackled wings  embracing the worldly wind Among the bushes and beneath the leaves retracting from the world,I count my days on earth Mounting time's unstoppable wagon Finally I find peace, as I succumb to death.

Spreading my unfettered wings  I soar into infinity hovering over the endless oceans I rise against gravity fighting the intimidating wind I submit to divinity