TRANSIT DAYS

Every time you depart

You neatly pack

every piece of your belonging

into your bag

and I am all over the place

You calmly 

calculate back 

and pack

the last few hours 

of being together

I'm restless
and hungry  

while you time

the duration of our last meal together

the duration of our (real) kisses 

(real) embraces

the drive to the (wretched) airport

I'm lost

all over the place

singing crying 

or rather trying 

to develop a strategy

of dealing with it
Every time we meet

Every time we part

Monsoon romance

Two umbrellas
held conversations below
and a sea full of water above

Two pairs of footsteps
splashed dew drops
on passing cars
and drenched
smiling faces
with laughter.
Tooth full faces
with laughter
that radiate
a zillion colours
into the universe

Two lips moved
and caught conversations
under hanging arms
as battling crowds
rat raced
to empty seats
in crowded trains

Two pairs of eyes
smiled and spoke
from the window afar
raindrops stuck their noses
against the glass
and stared at faces
comfortably fallen asleep
on tired arms

Two stations
in between
slapshed wind
and water
drawn from colourful balloon fights
and soaked two almost lovers
into the roller coaster
of monsoon romance

Monsoon romance
under mobile umbrellas

conversations below
and a sea full of water above

Only fools fancy finding love over the summer!

Just!

You're not allowed to
kiss me now
I just finished
convincing myself
you have to leave

Not even love

I will give up anything to win your love

but if you say no

I will accept and walk away filled with

the sweetness of your denial

-- Rumi

You are making me give up on you

I know I have to 

but I'm not going to let you

-- Chotu

Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absentminded.
Someone sober will worry about things going badly.
Let the lover be.

-- Rumi

Ticketless Travellers

An old song
with you and me
stood ticket less
at the door
of the train
that passed the sea
and listened to
soft whispers
of silhouetted lovers
forever
found staring
at hopeless eternity

Love Potion

1. 

you just walked

past all our memories

2. 

how 

can I redeem 

these two cities 

of all our love

3.

like lovers

on a mountain top

kissing 

under the crescent moon

we held hands
behind my back

and braved the storm

that blew into our souls
we rose
with waves in our hair
and fell
spiral free

in the whirlpool

of magic

some love potion

it must have been

now

I am just hung over