Love Tanka

i when the sun is erotic and the moon lyric the winds turn tempestuous in the orbit of love legs slide by calls of nature ii you and I alive in cold winter night feeling warmth of your body through erect nipples after days of abstinence iii before the foamy water could sting her vulva a jelly fish passed through the crotch making her shy— the sea whispered a new song iv swirling spiral of her skirt spills tides of dream and memory: I breathe fire in the dance forgetting bends and twists v when I wanted to change seats my friend said she can only if the door’s locked the light out and her mom in another city vi when I have no home I seek refuge in the cage of your heart and close my eyes to see with your nipples the tree that cared to save from sun vii the smile you weave splits the sun I lose my direction in clouds that cover the banks darkening the white of the lake moon kissed (From: my collection of poems Sense and Silence: Collected Poems (Jaipur: Yking Books, 2010, pp. 200-201) viii love’s spirit descends and melds into her body lending it new life: I’m amazed how the unknown becomes one with her beauty