Heart This Autumn Morning !

Autumn morning, 
Like a childhood friend,
Hugs my soul... 
Tide of memories 
Washes me from myself..
What I left behind,
My days of galore..
My mornings of bounty,
Evenings complete...
A me, from far hills,
Now watches the wave..
Smiling at my fate..
Like that ebb, that comes in,
Then, goes away..
I sway..
With all that is transient 
In me and my being..
All that I once held so dear
Now far they appear..
My eyes gathers smoke..
As I wake..
To a lonely autumn morning,
Far from my heart..
Far from home..
Making me realize..
Those and that we love..
Does not go away..
They remain within..
For us to play..
As solitude gathers..
Like winter mist..
Heart takes a plunge..
And comes out refreshed..
Beautifully alive again !

~Manjuri~

Winter Night

Night's clock ticks,
Time run towards you,
I flow..
I reach..
Open the door..
Am knocking !
Its cold outside..
Its snowing..
Allow me to sit ..
By the fire-place..
Ignite the lamp !
This moment is beautiful !
From night to midnight..
Hours become minutes..
Minutes becomes seconds..
Time stops..
World halts..
My step in your house..
Froze forever..
After the snow..
When sun shall shine..
Nothing shall melt..
I place word after word..
I darn all that is torn..
With my poetry..
I stitch my soul..
With your love..
Its snowing outside..
Take me in, open the door..
Am waiting .. !

~Manjuri~

No Blooms, No Wither !

I cannot love you any more..
Cannot love you less either..
My heart full to the brim..
Nothing now blooms or wither !

I cannot stop loving you,
Cannot begin again..
Each beat within talks of you,
My heart says you remain !

I cannot walk  to you,
Cannot walk away too..
You come once to see me..
And know how I live without you !

I cannot tell you in words ,
Cannot bear in silence as well..
Far in your sky, a star I am..
That once shone and fell !

I cannot breathe in..
Cannot breathe out my blue..
For, all I had, and all I have..
Begin and ends in you !

~Manjuri~

Reflection !

When my reflection rippled in you,
I blushed seeing my own face..
It was not me...
It was you..
Caressing me with your breathe..
Where is the difference ?
What is you, I am that..
You a picture, am a reflection..
You a voice, am the echo..
You the sky, am a star..
Never separate, hardly far..
I asked for your heart..
So that I keep it in my rib-cage..
It beat as me..
Ahh... no difference..
Neither of kind... nor of degree..
I am you... you are me !

~Manjuri~

Dissolved Reverie !

Last night I was with you..
Moon was veiled ..
Light was dim..
I stood beyond the stars..
Leaning onto you..
Night drank from our eyes..
We hummed a song..
A melody was born..!

No words spoken,
No voice heard..
Myriad hues of sky-flowers..
Bloomed in our soul..
For a while..
Afar from all..
Two hearts thrived..
As one..!

A little before dawn..
My dream was gone..
Space vanished in space..
I faded into you..
Nothing remained anywhere..
Washed and cleansed my spirits..
Awaits for another night..
For a reverie to get life..!

Again shall it come..
To live for a night..
Before it dissolves..
Into the heart of eternity !

~Manjuri~

Intoxicated !

Slowly very slowly 
I slip into nothing,
Senses numb, 
Vision blurs..
World a paradise !
Smile infects my lips..
I hug my memories..
The September moon..
Shines on my skin..
For a moment..
You emerge..
Wearing a silver glow..!
You sink ..
Into my soul..
I shut my soul up..
Closing all the routes..
Of your escape..
Trapped you sleep..
Like a baby..
Within me..!
They say I am drunk..
Intoxicated is my spirits..
Let what they say, be true..
Oh my drunken self..
How beautiful is this me..
In my senses what I abort..
Comes back to love me ..
When I am out of it.. !
Oh how divine is this..
This senseless ..
This useless..
This loving me !!

~Manjuri~

Leaving A Trace !

A very known smell haunts me..
The air becomes fragrant..
Is it you who have walked in.. ?
Waking my soul dormant ...
Evening is glorious..
Two goblets filled to the brim..
Light then the candle of love..
And let us sip in..!
Clutch my hand with yours..
Let the fingers lock..
We two are only real now..
Rest of the world a mock..!
Put your eyes upon mine..
Let our glances dance..
Hold me once, and revive me..
From my eternal trance !
Not all evenings are this soft..
Nor every dream so vibrant..
Open your heart.. and fill it with..
The light from my moon crescent !
Sit by me, as I ignite..
The winter's fire-place..
Wear a gown in satin white..
In which my lips can leave its trace !

Later when time wins..
And..

Long after these days go off..
When your vision blurs..
You can still feel me...
In your music and your scars.. !
Giving, receiving shall end then...
One day nothing shall remain..
That day.. only you shall know..
The balance of your loss and gain !
Time is a tough master..
It shall take me forever...
And then... when you begin anew..
You will realize... you have lost a giver !

~Manjuri~

Last Answer !

What doubt shrouds your soul ?
Where have you lost your faith ?
Can you not distinguish anymore ?
Between reality and alluring myth ?

Why you say our roads are parallel ?
Why do you call it separate ?
Why can you not feel like me ?
That our heart beats at an equal rate !

You have too many questions,
Answer I have no new..
All I got to say, with all senses on,
Its you I know, I love you !

~Manjuri~