Hello Cloud....

New Delhi/28th May, 2025 (As it rains in Palakkad)


Hello Cloud, I am unable to catch up with you

You drift afar on winds I cannot pursue;

My feet are chained to earth, yet heart beats true

To sip thy wine from places longings reside blue

Each drop you spill, I yearn to kiss anew,

A yearning, a  silent bliss, I wish to renew.

 

But skies are vast and I am impishly slow,

And you soar where mortal men can’t go.

 

I called thee once in gardens drenched in dew

Where lilies leaned and whispered songs new;

Thou wept a while, as if thy soul always knew

The thirst I bore, the ache time couldn't continue

 

Now, thy mist retreats from passion's shore—

Thou say's, “My path obeys a deeper lore.”

 

O cruel seraph sailing sapphire seas,

Dost not thy breast - feel tremors born in encore?

I built thee altars, knelt in dewy lees,

And drank thy scent like consecrated seas.

But fate, thou say’st, is stitched in winds above,

And thou art torn from touch, though made for love.

 

So let me lay down where fallen raindrops still gleam,

And feel thee near where twilight’s silver edges lean—

Though thou deny me now, I keep my dream

Where fragrant lotus sings thee through heady sheen

 

And if I wake to drought or sorrow’s hue,

I’ll sigh once more to whisper.. I couldn't catch up with you!


jpkallikkal/in wait/2025

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