You brewed
like whiskey, more so like Scotch for you are exquisite, of course. Like the
azure spring wind, which gently sieves the taciturn chill in the air, and
effuses a breath of calm neutrality to nature. All the while, as I kept nipping
at pettier elevated experiences, and dreamt about clear blue skies, you kept
blending into a headier mix of withdrawal and acceptance, much like a language
without honorifics. Honorifics, mundane and superficial, set rules and
pronounce codes of conduct.
There are
birds, they say, you can see from the roof these days-colourful ones. It amazes
me how people get drawn to colours when all they can see is black and white. The
seductive shade of unabashed grey that you had painted with those confidently
delicate moves of yours stands out though, like the solitary star in the sky
that twinkles in sync with someone’s heart. The illicit fruit of rash pleasure
is short lived but like most things forbidden stays with one longer than it
should.
The brown
expanse of your demure body may never melt into my restless eyes, and our hands
will, perhaps, never be interlocked in a knot of snug embrace. It’s seductively
enticing actually, for the chase will never cease and the tease, I hope, you’ll
keep it playing. Fools read the climax- the story is always best undeciphered.
The fire shall keep burning longer, and if I’m lucky, forever.
Rumi
praises the one who created the difference between insomnias stemmed out of
presence and absence; I wonder if he was just exaggerating for the embers left off
by all kinds of fires seem the same to me.
