A Love Song

When the intellect was 
defiling the unwritten book;
     half-read, you reach for epiphancy.

Why you had to kill yourself 
on the swing, before reaching- 
    the peak ? Searching for escape ?

I cannot know you, O flame.
Do not go beyond the sky.
    My wings twist like nasturtiums.

Last night a city wept in-
my arms. There were no roses- 
    left and, no cut glass nudes.

They bleed, when you dig 
out the roots. The croci were
    planted by me when snow had melted.


Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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