Author: anilg

Hold these flowers
If you can
Before they fall down
And gather dust
May be you will keep
a few petals in selected places
In that book of stories
You were writing
To remind you of broken words
Untied knots
And scattered smiles
Like an exploded deaf star

Why did I lose you
In the jungle I planted
Random sown seeds

In tandem your steps
Dancing lilies

You explored the space below the roots
But the nest was not too far above

Green were shoots
Why did I lose you
As if you care two hoots

It was not clear
If the vermillion was the colour of that day
I chose shades of yellow
Hoping the blood
Oozing from old scars would
Do the rest

Don’t see
The solitary spot
It’s just the moment
When
Your yearning
And my turning
Created the moment

But it passed
Quietly
But not idly