Friday, 23 May 2014

The bookshelf


The bookshelf, it just sits there
Smiling in mahogany and the scent of varnish

Day after day, she puts her treasures in it
Tolstoy, Carroll, Austen & Hardy

The bookshelf, it just sits there
Happy with yearning and the scent of classics

Night after night, she sat against it
Drinking the words she made them her own

Her bookshelf, it just sits there
Drunk in love and the fragrance of her body.

Don't be afraid



Awake you feel the world, let it surround you.
When asleep, you are free.
Follow the night and let it hold you
Don't be afraid, because there is darkness within.

Thursday, 27 February 2014

As I dream



As I dream, I find that no dream is enough. Once I achieve, I want some more. The desire in me to rise and fly grows strong. Till arrogance burns me down, and I fly again.

Saturday, 18 January 2014

Call



Meet me in an old bookstore, where the scent of pages harks back to the time when people used to live what they read.

Meet me on a rough grassy path in the park, where people used to walk to breathe, where there is a scent of wilderness to keep.

Meet me on the footsteps of a rainbow dream, where the colours are from your laughter, and where you find angels in the depths of your sleep.

Meet me on a cobblestoned street, where once mighty armies marched to a beat, where bugles sounded even in retreat.

Meet me on the strains of a guitar, where the rhythm lives inside you even as it hits you from afar.

Meet me in the rhythm of a song, when they play majestic violins as they sweep over the sea, where the only ones dancing are you & me.

Meet me in a poem, where the words are woven in a symphony, of timeless desire, of poignant pain and sighs of delight.

Meet me on a piece of paper, where timeless ink has left its mark, where the music is written but the song has yet to start.


Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Fragrance of the stranger



Her fragrance was fresh like bergamot and eucalyptus,
Of delicate Cypress and sultry Jasmine.

I closed my eyes to sense it, 
Feeling shivers rush down my spine.

There at the watercooler, her fragrance floated
This unseen stranger who was there before my time.


Saturday, 5 October 2013

Your time seems to be faster than mine



As the night surrendered,
To the morning chimes.

They lay lazily in bed together
Watching the waves light up with sunshine

As she got up to dress for office
He whispered "Your time seems to be faster than mine".

If truth be told



All masks aside,
And if truth be told,

It's someone to smile at,
And somebody to hold.

Someone to dream with,
And somebody with whom to grow old.