Concealed !

Oh my hidden love,

You are the pearl in my tears...
You a sparkle in my smile..
You a beat in heart's core..
You my air, when I breathe for a while..!

You are the shimmer in my champagne..
You the lustre in my glass of wine..
You are the colour in my drunken eyes..
You are my lonely night's shine..

You are the feeling of first spring day..
You the morning winter chill...
You my warmth in summer days..
You my rain on window-sill !

You are hues on my garden blooms..
You are the my joy in butterfly..
You are the infinite in finite me..
You are the ocean, where I have lost "I" !

~Manjuri~

In Choice !

I choose to be with you..


In my reality and.. in my dream..
In my one life and .. hundreds after it..
In my senses and.. when I am out of it..
In my laughter and..in my tears..
In my sorrow and.. as much in my joy..
In my giving and..in my receiving ..
In my heart eternal and..in my body perishing..
In my leisure and...when am working..
In my words and .. in my silence...
In my creation and..when I construct nothing..
In my walks in the morning and.. in idle evening...
In my routine day and.. in my haphazard night..
In my beginnings and.. in all my ends..

I choose to be with you..

~Manjuri~

Complete !

I... a whole I, tucked in your arm,
When I bore nothing, but you,
In my eyes, in my heart,
In my breath, a you..
Entwined I was, 
In you..
Like that creeper,
Of money plant..
Which cuddled the grills
Of my balcony..
I lay numb..
Dead to my own sensations..
Nothing kept me alive,
But your touches..
Like a baby..
Sleeping in mother's womb..
I slept in you...
Where, untimely separation...
Called for death...
Even separated... we are one...
One whole of me...
In a part of you !

~Manjuri~

Words !

Today my words are flowing..
I have no control over them..
They dance... they create..
They throb ... they exist...
Am not incomplete today...
Am full to the brim..!
The beauty once you had given..
Is reflecting today...
In my words and me...
Come and see..
Come and feel..
How my words seal ..
You in  a symphony ..
You in a rhythm...
You in a piece of music ...
Each word of mine...
Tuned... and framed..
For you, in you..
Or else, words are sound..
Mere noise.. from which 
Ashes rise..
Today they are poetry..
Beautiful and complete !

~Manjuri~

Evening !

Evening arrives on my senses..
Am getting engulfed..
My breath tangled ..
My pulse ticking...
As I run down the corridor..
Corridor of memories..
Magic wand of time..
Is waved somewhere..
I begin to run backward...
Away from myself...
Towards you ?
Twilight it is..
Somewhere in-between..
Day and night..
Time freezes...
I freeze...
Every evening same story..
By night all settles down...
My breath renews its life...
I live on, again ..
Onto a new tomorrow...
Again waiting...
For a memorable new evening !

~Manjuri~

Trap !

In my verses heart..
Deep within..
In my word's soul..
In my creation..
I have locked you !
This lock has no key..
However you try, maybe..
You cannot flee..

Net I have spun..
With my poem..
I trap you in them..
Each day, in a new way !
The day my words end..
And I have nothing to pen..
You are then free..
Free from me and my poetry !

~Manjuri~

Last Love !

The night deepens like my heart...
And we are still apart...
Oh my love...
Come to haunt...
Haunt my senses..
Blend in my whisky..
Let me sip you...
Oh my love...
My last love...!


The night deepens like my heart...
And we are still apart...
Oh my love..
Come... to rule my dreams...
Dance and sing with me...
Hold my breath in yours..
Let me live..
Oh my love...
My last love ... !


The night deepens like my heart...
And we are still apart...
Oh my love...
Come to be me...
Let you become me...
I become you...
When we are one..
Oh my love...
My last love ... !

~Manjuri~

Journey Towards Oblivion !

I want to speak to you..
In a language alien..
Neither you understand..
What I say..
Nor I grasp.. what I blabber...
Let words die..
Within our conversation !
I want to dream of you..
In a reverie unknown..
Neither you appear..
In it fully..
Nor I let you go..
Even partially..
I want to walk with you..
Though the path untrodden..
Neither you know..
Where it leads to...
Nor am I aware..
Of its final goal..

Come let the dream begin..
Of undeciphered words..
Walking towards unknown..
Blindfolded .. life's eye..
Neither life sees us..
Nor we see life...
But we run... together..
To reach somewhere...
Someday... 
Where celestial joy..
Bedecks our path..
We tip and fall...
Onto each other..
We rise again...
With each other...
And colours burst out..
Into a rainbow...
Before we fade into oblivion !

~Manjuri~

Drunken With Life

At this moment all is beautiful..
Yes I am drunk..
Life served me wine, I drank..
Now its time, I slip into you..
My words are more drunk..
My poetry dresses in trance..
Come my love, come to me..
Hold my hand... let us dance ..
You gave me joy infinite..
In two days you gave me a world..
They say Drunkards do not lie..
Then am too is telling the truth...
However momentary those hours were..
They came .. and went by..
None saw... but you and me..
Look within... in you I still lie..
You fed me with poison...
I got my life...
I breathe in you.. I live in you...
Especially in moments like these..
When I forget myself...
Ego dissolves...
And I just mix in you...
Come before tomorrow...
Before my senses are back..
With senses I too act, like you..
Uncaring, unloving, I become !
Come now, night is young...
Younger in my love...
In you I once emerged..
In you... let me end...
Today, tomorrow and always !

~manjuri~

Unreasonable Love !

My love for you knows no reason..
No limits is it aware of..

I love you, like the floating cloud..
Clouds that love its sky..
I love you like the flowing river..
River that loves its ocean..
I love you like the singing bird..
Bird that love its branches..
I love you like a butterfly..
A butterfly that love is flower..
I love you like the moon and stars..
Planets that love the night sky..
I love you like a drop of dew..
Dew that love its winter grass..

I too don't know how and why..
I love you so very much !

~Manjuri~

Rekindle !

Hold my tired soul for a while,
Blow some air into it..
Long since I lived a little..
Strangulated in life's pit !

Catch my eyes, put into yours..
Long since I saw..
Frozen vision awaits you..
My tears awaits a thaw !

Clasp my fingers with yours..
They have fallen still..
Words of heart, reach them not..
How will you heal ?

Take me to your chest once..
Let your heart thrive..
Sound that shall reach my ears..
Shall keep me alive !

Rekindle the fire within you,
And let the flames burn..
Either I emerge anew from it..
Or into ashes, I turn !

~Manjuri~

Between Going And Gone !

How would I call you,
To walk a few steps..
With me..
On that old broken road..
Which now mosses adorn ..
Whispers forgotten lorn
Of unrequited love..
Cloud laden sky..
Twilight closes eyes..
November half the way..
You stranded, me lost..
And clasped hands freezes..
Autumn wants to leave..
Winter says no..
We.. standing on two sides..
Divided by pride..
We come and go..
Sometimes like sound..
Mostly like echo..
But still its true..
That you stay..
In some heart's bent ..
You, your scent..
You cross my eyes..
Each time I see the world..
I wonder, how shall I live..
If you stop giving me pain..
Never stop ... go on ..
Promise you got to make..
That pain you shall give..
In them I live..
In that broken, forlorn street..
With, water.. fallen leaf and some wind !

~Manjuri~

Treasure Trove !

Buried within ..
Is a treasure trove..
Filled to the brim..
It sparkles..
No, not diamond or pearl...
Nor gold has it, or silver..
Its light, is of love.
Once you had given,
Only once I had taken..
Giving ended..
Receiving goes on..
Each day I renew..
That which I got..
My love, refills itself..
My treasure trove ..
Always full !
As I sit alone..
And evening arrives..
Lights me up..
Memories tip-toes in..
You slip into my soul..
Open my treasure trove..
Fill up my senses..
And then leave !
Tonight, if you decide to go..
Go, but with a promise..
Tomorrow you shall give..
Give me the key..
The key to my soul..
Key to my heart's treasure trove !

~Manjuri~

Having Nothing !

Burn within to die slowly..

Oh love.. you punish thus..

Quietly moving from..

All to nothing..!

Love unaccepted..

Like love unreturned..

Shines like a rainbow..

In the moisture..

That gathers..

In the corner of eyes..

Smoke escapes, as a sigh..

Lips parched, smiles..

Sweet pain lingers..

As I sip..

The wine of life..

Goblet reflects, shines..

Having nothing, made me

The richest today !

~Manjuri~