The Falling Maples- Living Unconditionally- Poetry by S.S

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Turmoils can be blissful too, A bunch of feelings creating a ruckus, Like a commotion of unheard voices, I wonder,  If it's in my mind or in my heart! Words would not suffice anymore, To pronounce the dithers within, I demand from the spirits, I pray to them, That surround me on this night, "Oh the spirits,  Remembered or forgotten, Malevolent or benevolent, As I close my eyes and ruminate, To pursue the astral path, Guide me to him, Who is mine, Who awaits me with a true heart, Or fetch him to me, Here, here in my arms, My craving arms, Bewitch him with my whispered spells, And let him stride closer to me!" As I go deeper in the spiritual woods, Strolling, following the fragrance of thy breaths, I raise my right palm, With all the ethereal strength within, To touch your left cheek, Did you feel the warmth of my palms love? Did you feel me closer? I am your lover, An enchantress I am, Who would pull you above, The ev

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Echoes......... "Let me possess you, My beloved, Let me touch your fingers, Cold besides your diary, In which you're penning the verse " Echoes.......... " I wrote an ode to love, Love, ours, Thy fragrance, Of roses and jasmines, Rule my smitten self" Echoes.......... "My wicked lover, T's thy eyes, Glistening with poetry, T's thy neck, Which my lips crave for, Are you listening, My whispers, my sweetest heart? " And my lips move, To answer thou, Thy murmurs, Thy warm breaths caressing my ears, " My Wizard lover, I hear thou name around me, My eyes seek not anymore, For thy presence it is, Everywhere........ Oh mine, Do you hear the echoes? 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I shall worship the Moon tonight, A celestial bliss, undying bright, As I would look, On that luminescent sight, A blink of the eyes, And there, you would rise, To see you tonight, Is my praying heart's delight, Where my soul's eyes would win, In the material and spiritual fight; Like at the festival of Delos, Chios fell for Acontius, And then was the beatific pledge, As Chios swore by the temple of Artemis, To be forever Acontius', So shall I swear by the Holy Moon, Till this earth stops to rotate, Till the seas are arid, Till the snow clad mountains thaw, Till the universe comes to an end, I shall be yours my Wizard, And when the creator would give birth, To a new world, We would be its Adam and Eve, And so shall our love, Be reborn, to be forever again..........   

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A turmoil is rising, In this troubled heart, Yearning is beautiful, Craving is passionate, But this missing, Missing, which ought to be, The delights of love, Meant to be savoured, And it's far fetched fragrance, Meant to be absorbed, Before it's served, Oh but this moment, This cruel moment, Stands as my worst enemy, I miss you, I feel like a disabled, Devoid of her limbs, And my inner self crawls, Crawls endlessly and breathlessly, To reach you ; Love, My ears are restless to hear from you, My eyes would be sight less, If they don't read from you, I await here, My material eyes closed, As I see you approach and, Hold my hand, And pull me out, Of this chaotic world ; So is this missing my beloved, This terrible, merciless missing, Let me walk again, Bare foot on the wet grass, As my heart pens this void, While you read my sprinkled self....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Your image in my eyes, Your divine reflection, Is such, That when people look at me, They search for me in vain, Because all they see in me, Is you........ My Wizard, Reside in me, my heart, my all, Forever till the endless times, For they say, A body doesn't exist without the soul,.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh To see you first thing, Is like seeing the bright morrow sky, To hear you as I wake up, Is like listening to my favourite song, To touch you on your cheeks, Is like touching the tender pearl, To kiss you on your lips, Is like drinking the dew drops from the leaves, To embrace you, Is like absorbing all the bliss that is, To have you in my life, Is like merging with the One Spirit........ Good morning love, Wake up! 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A yen to touch, To embrace thy virility, T's not but just a whim, T's the ecstasy unbound, Of the soul's prurient face; When miles forfend, Those ardent battles of the bodies, Thy soul and mine, Defeat the wrath of time, Thy soul and mine, Reach the empyrean spheres, And therein, They float together, Upon the supernal air, And in the delightful sparks, They dwell and stay entwined; The spheres unexplored, By the mortal frames, Are our souls' abode, Where your soft and warm lips, Pen the sonnets of love, On my soul's naked self, Where every bygone moment, Is defined by our merging breaths, And two volcanoes erupting as one; And while our souls reside, In that divine orb of immortal delights, Our mortal minds cry, And wonder, Is this the living in death, Or dying while alive? So my soul's better half, Let's just stay afloat, In our subconsciousness, While our souls make love, In their consciousness,

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My beloved, I wonder, When I see you, Why does my face looks, Like an emoticon with a raised brow? My heart feels the thumping, As if the Cupid's sitting there, And has just shot its arrow! I feel like I am the stage, For Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Or the Tempest, Or Cymbeline, Where it's just love, In full bloom! I look like an emoticon, With hearts in the eyes! Oh Cure me will you my dearest? Can we be together for twenty five hours, Instead of twenty four hours a day! Oh now you see, What you've done to me! Let me close my eyes, Give myself some rest, But, But there you are! And I dream the enactment, Of the poems of amour, Dickinson's 'Wild Nights', Wilde's 'We are made one with what we touch and see', Or Keats' 'Bright Star', I am sure you know by now, What a maniac in love, You have turned me into, Oh please note, You only, Are the elixir vitae, Cure me!

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Saw you today, A crisp white shirt, A black suit, A charm so enticing, That even Eros might feel, Less of himself, I am smitten, Smitten by those eloquent eyes, Bewitched by that majestic persona, What are you? Some Greek God! Can someone be so irresistible? And my heart's wondering still; Am I a match really, For a captivating one that's you? I am blessed, Glorified that you chose Me, Above a zillion butterflies! I know you're smiling, As you read this, As I smile, While I pen this, Oh and my beloved, I guess I am the envy, Of a thousand hearts, But Oh, I am so enamored, By your divine allure, Be mine forever, My first and last........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Did you dream last night, my love? Because I slept without one! Is this the glory of it all, When it's not just the bodies, But in love are the souls? My miserable days, And your self-hatred were executed, By destiny's sword, The moment we discovered, That this is the life, We are destined to be one in; Do you know my dear, My births and lives so far, Have been a mere waste, Numerous desolate existences, The half of my this life, Has been as arid, As all the previous ones, But the God favoured a little pity, And so we met; Aah, and back to the dreams, In love two bodies dream together, But when souls love, They share the same dream, While I dream of you tonight, You would sleep a dreamless night, As you dream of me tomorrow, I would yearn and spend the twilight, In sighs, Confused? Well my beloved, Our souls are not two, They are one, So is the dream one, But our bodies are two, Yet to be one, And so while your vision

(c) Shilpa Sandesh What do I do, When my heart feels dumb, Short of words, Or rather, When silence seems more appealing, Than the chaotic inner self, That screams and yells, Craving endlessly for your presence! It questions me, Weeps and asks your whereabouts, For which, I have just one answer everytime, "He's here, right here, See not from your material eyes, Borrow the eyes of my soul, As only then you would feel, His divine existence around you, A cloud of energy, Full with love and soul's yearning And then you shall know, It's not your soul alone, But the two restless flames, Longing together, For those incessant touches, And the immortal love.......... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The moment You confessed, The moment I professed, Our love, I stepped into the palace, The palace named Crystal Heart, Your heart, Where forever, I shall reside......

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I am, Like a free falling bird, From the peak of a mountain, Or a dew drop, That smoothly slips down, From the surface of a leaf, I am so, When I am with you; I am, The fieriest of the fiery flames, The most efflorescent of the blooming flowers, The strongest of the tornadoes, I am so, When I am with you; I am, Like a mermaid, That sings solitary, In the vast open seas, Awaiting her seeker, To bring her agonized soul at ease, I am so, When I am not with you; I am, Like a fish, Left by the fate, Out of the water, A fish that flips hither thither, I vain, so as to be able to breathe, Like a phoenix, Which spends its life, In search of you, futile, Then burns into the ashes, To be reborn, And search again, I am so, When I am not with you; So let me not be, That flower, Whose petals one plucks, One by one, To find being loved or not, My love, Let me not be, In the moments without you....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My beloved, Remember those golden lakes, In which we used to sail, In the boat of our dreams, Rowing across the orchards, Where the trees bore glittering gems, You were a knight, A princess I was, And the first time I saw you, I felt all yours, I fell in love with you; My love, Remember that enchanted twilight, When the invisible particles, In the celestial sphere collided, As it was the moment, Of our souls' rendezvous, And when I first read from you, I felt all yours, I fell in love with you;  My sweet, Dream that blessed moment, That would be, Our beings' gratification, Because then, I would look into your eyes, And fall for you again; This is no momentary love, No evanescent affection, But my life, It is what my soul feels, It's the gravity of your love........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I am sloshed, Inebiriated and laced, In the saline froth, Drunken with your thoughts, Besotted by the sound, Of your majestic voice; I see those golden and orange rays, Of the setting sun, Like beauteous fire strings, Dancing to the blazed beats, Of my flaming heart, A heart that's on an impetuous stride, To be one with yours; My inner self, Listened to your impassioned voice, The voice, that's the bow, Which plays on the strings, Of my heart, it's inflamed violin; Can you hear the song love? May be, a murmur! Or a whisper? Those are my breaths, Brewed with the sound of my voice, That is my song, Which I filled up the setting sun's rays with, So that they sheathe you, The whole of you, With the morning glow, As they rise tomorrow, In your hemisphere; I wonder, How else do I say, I miss you! Or Should I just say I miss you?

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Are you asleep my beloved? I know, to sleep has become, Like the world's toughest task, Shedding the imposed material masks We both are now, captives for lives, In the ethereal prison of Love; The confinement amidst, Radiant blissful florets, Efflorescence bestowed, By abundance of adoration, Plethora of passion, And opulent dreams, Where the springs of fervor, Rise to flow towards the heavenly skies, And the sorrows flow downstream; Are you rejoiced my soul? I know, the joys know no bounds, But so does the longing sees no confines, We are like two souls, Thrilled and euphoric , On discovering each other, But so are we tearful and miserable, As the distances are sometimes, Far from bearable; When the wolves of fate, Dragged me downhill, I was numb, numb with the pain, I fell and strode ahead, fell, and climbed again, Taking the filth and the waste, Of the egoistic souls, Made me overburdened, And I slipped and fell more; And

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Words, expressions, And the sprinkles of adoration, A language, sui generis for love, Whether its my pen or yours, Whether it's my verse or yours, Whether those're my thoughts or yours, They would always be. Our confessions, Of unceasing and boundless love, That flows, In every single tear we shed in yearning, Every single epithet we write in longing, And so my love, Like our souls, that are one, In a ceaseless and divine bond, So are our verses, our lyrics, our odes........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh In a chalice that glitters, Radiant with the gleam of our souls, Filled with the wine of eternal love, In which we see our reflections together, Let's sip on the heaven's ambrosia, As I repose in your embrace, Beneath the Moon........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Reposing on a stone bench, Ruminating,  Engrossed in your thoughts, I discern the fervent darkness rise, As if guarding the fading daylight; I feel like a charmer, A conjurer, That awaits her sibyl, A clairvoyant who shall surmise, And join back the pieces,  Of my diffused stars; But look at the destiny's fortuitous spin, A flame, alive with magic, held my soul, And my soul felt the smile of win; The elan vital,  It's powers are beyond any imaginations, Above all creations, It is sibylline in itself, For it is our souls, the truly ours, Which traversed across the material world, Like a bee finding its way,  through the nectar's sweet fragrance, Your soul sought mine, and mine, yours; Had my soul not found yours, Love would've been for me, Just a bygone word; Do I say 'Thank You', Or should it be 'I Love You', All I say, seems so less; But the only truth I know, Is that My being, Is incomplete wit

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A mistake, A part of the past, A lapse, a blunder, Which in the present, Owns no space; Heart is a tender being in itself, That owes us no favours, That we kill it with regrets, And force upon it, The feelings of utter anguish and demur; The wrong steps in the past, Are but our mind's misjudgements, Or time's miscalculations, Or simply the heart's erratic move; Let not a rotten fragment, Or a foul memory, Affect the present, Let not what's faux pas Let not your qualms, Be a part of what's beautiful, Love, It is innocent, Angelic and pristine, Let's not the self-reproaches, sway around, My beloved, Do not regret, contrite not, Let our souls play their part, Let them savor their wedlock........ 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh All that existed, Everything that subsists, Moves in accordance with the pace of Time, Time that was, And time that is, Has displayed the continuity, Of the lives and deaths; My struggles and searches, Perpetual and amaranthine, Which spurned to halt, Suddenly presented, With the light of the Divine; The mirror had once shattered, Its pieces, like an unsolvable puzzle, I walked and I danced, my feet bled, But least did I know, Those weren't the sorrows immortal, But the vicious storm, That rises and flares, Just afore a euphoric rapture; I met you, Yes,  The hour of my beatific bliss, The hour of my proven being, The hour when my destiny flipped, The hour of my mysticism elated; When the meaningless turned sensible, Worthless turned precious, Abandonment into acceptance, Futile into the substantial, Barren into fruitful; Such is the aura of your presence my beloved, Such is the emission of the energy, That surrounds you, 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A dry leaf, Turned into a blossoming orange, Golden and yellow, like a maple bliss, Smiles long gone, Returned in full bloom, Where the sorrows become joys, Stones become gems, I see all of these, As I look into your eyes, For there stays forever, Myself and all the images of me...............

(c) Shilpa Sandesh We have been that drop, Which once traversed, with the other drops, Into the caravan of love angels, Flowing from galaxies to galaxies, In the vast universe; But there was one more Satan, And we, the drop, was split, And thrown into the two hemispheres; Only we know what it is to yearn, For we are one body one soul, Without eachother, we aren't whole; A day there shall be, That moment shall be, When the two drops, Shall again be One.........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh An eruption of zillion infernos, A sea of flames heightens and grows, Every pore opening to the magnetic air, The body, a holocaust of antagonism, Washed with the torrent of seraphic blaze, Freed from the qualms, now clean and bare; The ardent minims awakened, Charged with the zealous fervor, Bombarding in our bodies, Across the bones and veins, The volcano of ardor flares up, The soul exits, Leaving the numbness behind; The two frames, With rapturous yellow flames, Are the two souls, Who met for ages, And were parted, In their endeavors to unite, But the devotion never died, With every travail, every stab, The love therein multiplied, The yearning of the two determined hearts, Intensified, The wheel of time, Changed its pace, And before their bodies, Their souls met; This flame, this fire, Forever would stay, Even if the wrath of time, Makes mountains erode to sand, The glaciers melt into sea, And the sea evaporates into the ai

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The holy path has been laid, In the garden of the Hesperides, Where Zeus accepted Hera, The altar has been set, Under the tree bearing golden apples, Where dressed in a Greek wedding gown, I shall walk towards you, On the path sheathed in roses, White and red, Tough it is to wait, To see those gleaming eyes, As they would look into mine, While I would take the divine stride, That moment, everything would halt, Nothing we would see or know or feel, But You and I and the vows, Such would be the aurora, Of the new life, Life that has no age, No end and no bounds, But just the vows of togetherness, In joys and the sorrows, A wedding that the Gods and the Goddesses, Shall mention in the sacred lore, There was a union of souls, Amidst the butterflies and fireflies, Fairies and elves and nymphs, Our Wedding in the garden of Hesperides...........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A moment of tranquillity, When darkness rules, Beneath the full moon's light, Our souls leave our bodies, Yours and mine, Amidst the green valleys of Machu Picchu, A Mayan from the pre-classical era, Strumming the huge Heuheutl drum, As a group of the tribes danced, To the Mayan ritual chants, We held our hands, As if to be a part, Of the customs of the deities colel ek tun, Or colel cab or may be colel peten, A glance upon the sky, And there it was, The huge fire ball, Like a call, And our souls flew around, Like consuming the energy, Letting the light sink in, Percolate every single pore, And we dance, To the tunes of mystic chants, Like being one, One, One in the Seraphic trance, Two souls, One soul, One soul, two souls, And we part, To resume our conscious selves, Until we hear again, The Mystic Mayan Chants, And be One again and again and again......

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I know not since how many lives and deaths, I wandered hither, thither, Searching endlessly,  Without even the faintest signs of you; I know not how many lives and deaths, I have lamented and shed the tears of blood, While I found nothing, no trace of you; I have passed the births after births, I was a reptile, a mammoth, a bird, But soon the drop of mercy, The Almighty fed me with, To be born a human, and He said in blessings, "Thee shall now stride, On the final seeking ride, Thou shall find what thou sought, No more trials of fate, No more blows of failures, But a beauteous pearl, Blessed be, the daughter of Love"; The holy sacrifice, I shall make no more, Enough of painful seeking, My soul has suffered it all, Love, is no cow, no goat, Nor is it a human, Whom one shall sacrifice; Love, My Almighty told, Is but a precious pearl, A pearl so white and pure, Which knows not what is life, Or anger or greed or hatred, Lov

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A volcano of elements, Sets me within me, Ablaze, With the sparks unknown, Let everything be left behind, Let nakedness be sheathed in white, As the body sways, In rhythm, rhythm of the chants, The flute, a faint flute, Hands spread, palms dancing in whirls, Fingers stiffen, The moon washes my bare self, light permeating every pore. Eyes of chimera conquer the material eyes, The frame, pirouetting, As my rob whirls and purls, I am no more, Materialism lynched by esoteric, Quietism pulls me, Mysticism dwells, as here, As there, as everywhere, I whirl in profound bliss, submitted, Till I drop, Hushed by the presence unknown, Lifeless, I drop, ........ And My returning breaths, My reconstructing pulse, Croons the mantra, Your name....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The words come together, Verses are born, Verses fall in love, Spells are born, Let me turn my name, Into that voodoo chant, Which when cast upon you, Togetherness, This destiny would grant, So as you say my name, And as you read my words, When conscious, Or when in Trance, I am at that moment, With your name on my lips Doing the moon dance, With the eyes of my imagination, Gazing you from afar My beloved, Under my spell you are......

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The Good Morrow's sun is here, Saying 'come again' to twilight, I slept like a baby, In your arms, while you held me tight; Even though I knew you're not here, But I felt the touch of your soul, Colossal is our love, Rising high like gigantic Mount Elbrus, Behemothic like the vast Pacific seas, So here's the aurora's kisses, Hugs and fervor's bliss, To drench you in my love, As you open your eyes, Good morning to you! My precious I love you, Good morning to you.....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I came into this world, Like a wingless bird, You gave me strength to fly, Through the oceans and windy swirls, I have been in love with you, Since the Adam and Eve were cursed, I will love you till, Eternity..... Till........ Infinity....... And I will wait for you, On the cold Sands of, The beach in our dreams.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Short-lived are these blossoming hair, And this fresh and blooming skin, There would be a day, When wrinkles and tiredness, To my frame, the time would bring; Grey-haired I would be, And I might be impaired, May be I would be, Unable to walk myself, Without you being here; I might loose some memories, That my soul vowed to treasure, I may be like a puppet, With it's strings in the hands of fate, It might make me fall, It might raise me high, Of the clock's wrath I am not sure; But in any of these, Plays of life Oh Love, Bear would you my fate's share, Or would you be tired of it all? Please don't abandon me, For I have loved you evermore, Even if my mind suffers forgetfulness, My soul and body would always be yours, Be with me, Don't leave me, Be with me, To stay forevermore, So tell me will you, Would you stay with me still? Would you stay with me still! 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh There's been, A bit of a misunderstanding, There's been, Just few misconceptions, But Oh my love, My virtuoso and the gem of my eyes, Love is but meant to be, A brew of strife and glee, So hold my hand, And look into my eyes, Tell me what you see, It's you, isn't it? It's you, yes it is! It rained that night, There were storms of fright, When I craved for you, To be held so tight, So hold my hand, Let's sail on the seas, Of countless dreams, The dreams that we've, Woven together, The dreams that we shall live, The dreams that we would live....... Listen to me hum, As I sing this song for you, I sing this song for you....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Your verses, Your words, Your unbound expressions of love, My wizard, You present me your heart, In a golden platter, And as my eyes capture the beautiful diction, And your declaration of your love for me, Amazed I am, As I can see myself therein, I blush, and feel like that velvet rose, The petals of which, A prince would kiss, And it would turn into a princess, With that true love's caress of the angelic lips, So the emperor of my heart and soul, These eyes await hither,  To embrace that verse, Which be the spell, To bring you here, And let my petioles be touched, By your warm quivering lips, And turn me into your empress, That destiny wants me to be........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Pain....... Like walking upon, The path, Sheathed by thousands of burning embers, When the walk halts, In the middle of the path, And the frame melts, Till the body itself becomes it's part Pain........ Born, pampered, A step on the sword, Bruised and bled, And now, hanging amidst, Integrity and Love Pain....... The sudden shower, Of abundance of adoration, Passion I never knew, When happiness knew no bounds, The sudden blow, My body pierced, By the uninvited arrow Pain........ Sobs know no bounds, Tears are tired too, Dried upon my cheeks, What am I now to you? Pain........ A bird flying in the widespread sky, Joyous as it approaches Its long sought destination, And the huntsman called fate, Shoots the bird down, It's not dead, it just lost it's wings, Be happy bird, you're still breathing What else do you want for life! You are still breathing! Pain........ A blank page, Scribbled upon, Crumpled, torn,

(c) Shilpa Sandesh It's a beautiful home, That we've built, Where I step in as your bride, Years of giggles and joy, Few strides on the rough roads, And here we're, Let me show you our home........ That be the cubbyhole, Of our little ones, With the colours of pink and blue; And that one, facing the sea, Be our atelier, Splendid with lots of hues; There's our garden and greens, Our vision of laughter and gleams, Where barefoot we shall walk, As the grasses tickle beneath our feet, Our little bundle of joys, Fill the air with joyous chirps and shrills, As a solitary moment, a retreat, Playfully, we together seek, I feel my lips stretch, to give the widest smile, As it's the home I envision, Our abode it be, As I am the everyday creator, Of our castle in the air........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Curled up in the bed,  Nestled in the wrinkled sheets, Awaiting to be submerged, In the love's rapturous beads, I hear your voice, Like a song in my ears, And I open my eyes, Oh but, you're not here! So I write this song, That I've been humming all along, In the dreams and through the night, As I imagine and I fantasize, Flames burning, As I wake up in your arms, Today And every morning; So come now, And fabricate all my barren dreams, Let's flow together, In the fancy streams, So hold my hand, And never give up on me, And we shall rise together, Today And every morning, Today, And every morning........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Sitting solitary in an urban cafe, Wooden ceilings and glass walls, The planchments so breathtaking, As if straight out of the forests, My gaze discovers out of nowhere, It's own engrossing theme, A pathway, Numerous striking blocks of concrete, Alluring to my tired sight, But, My beloved, To my love smitten eyes, These are not merely the cement blocks, To me, These are like our moments, Well planned by our destiny; The pedestrians, Walking on these blocks, Are like the rough moments, That we face, During our charismatic adventure of togetherness; I write these words, sipping my favourite hibiscus tea, Taking off my wrist watch, I keep it in front of me, Soon to find my thoughts abruptly diverted, Enticed by the ticking of the second hand, Moments bygone and hours passing, Falling short of breaths, life decreasing, And the only thought accompanying it, Is that instant, That second, When being alive would be accomplished, When we

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Glitters and sheen I crave not for, Amongst the riches, I don't desire to be, Gems and material gleam, Resources and wealth, Don't interest me, But, Richest I yearn to be, With abundance of your love, Possessions that I pray for day and night, Are your kisses  your touch, The look in your eyes, Your voice, your verses, I want to possess, The whole of you........ 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The wait....this enticing wait, Some sprinkles of perseverance, And garnish of patience, My daily meal, that satiates my soul, Which yearns endlessly for you ; Splendid is the aura of this fervour, That keeps us striding forth, As we cover the immeasurable distances, Which lie between us ; Words, Words are our bodies' companions, For our souls are already one, We travel on the cart of expressions, The verses, the Poesy; Be our innumerable confessions; Life's been such a futile existence, Till that beatific moment, When I finally discovered, My purpose of being, You.......... You were before I sought you, You are when I found you, And you would only be, The beauteous reason, Of my life, For You, my beloved, Are my life............

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Oh mine, Our love is like a necklace of pearls, Lots of ivory whites, Woven in the strongest of the strong thread, The thread blessed by the heavenly bodies, And all the Gods and Goddesses anyone ever knew of; But the creator of this necklace, the Lord Himself, Added few black stones too! But Oh mine, These tiny black gems are not the bad times, But moments than He gave us, To know how much we love each other; Let there be any such hours of little discontentment, I promise to take you out of the deepest of the dungeons, I promise to love you more every passing moment, I promise to fill our string with silver and white and gold pearls, I promise to stand besides you whatever the situation may be, Because Oh mine, I, Cherish you, hail the showers of devotion upon you, am the blessed in your embrace relish the moments with you, live in your soul, zealously stand amidst the sorrows and You Oh and did I tell you, The storm has passed, and s

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I Love You, Has suddenly become so expensive, Every letter costs zillion drops of blood, Measureless flow of tears, Pleadings in fervor, I Love You, I have this in abundance, For you my wizard, So take some from me, I won't mind, But at least, I might hear the same, I Love You, The most extravagant.... Let me present you, My beloved, With my whole self, with or without life inside of me, Would you then say? Would you?

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Help me will you? To drag my frame to the pyre, To lift the sandal log, And let it put me on fire, Ashes that would be, Bones which would be, Throw them in the sea, Where I stood in dilemma always; Help me will you?

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Wake up, Good morrow to you! For you're to me, The first ray of the morrow sun; For I wish to see you rub those drowsy eyes, And wake up from that soporific sleep; I know the night was long, Our frames were interlaced with each other, but not along; You appeared in my gorgeous specter, Even the rainbow smiled, spilling upon me its seven colours; The day be a special one, as you'd soon hold a fraction of me, The surface you would touch, bears my touch unseen, So wake up, From that sublime sleep, It's the moment for us to meet........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Love be my anthem, Love's immersed in my soul, With Love I am reborn, Love makes me whole; Love I do like never before, In Love, my subconscious is lost, In the glowing waters, Of the desire filled shores; Love is my gift, Love I sought relentlessly. Love is the end of my unfaltering journey, Love is the air that lets my mortiferous self live; Love is You, You are me, I am so absorbed into you, All this to say my beloved, For you, for you alone, There's All the love within me........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Let me, Let me be, Let me be the kind of lover, Who cherishes your existence like a lunatic, Like a stranded bigot, Who has been abandoned long ago, But finds her seeker out of nowhere, You, who adores me like no one else do, Whom I honor more than the Gods; Let me, Let me be, Let me be the charm woven in a string, Or an amulet or a talisman, Wear me around you, For I be your protector from the evil eyes; Let me, Let me be, Let me be that unapologetic fool, Who knows the intentions of the prying eyes, But act innocent,  And be the sword to behead what holds, Those snoopy minds; Let me, Let me be, Let me be your armor, And take every blow, Every tempest, That strides towards you; For You, You are mine, Call me obsessed, or a maniac, But this is what I am, This is what I am when I love, And the moment I met you, Was the only moment I realized, The unspoken definition of Love........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh As I lie down on the snow, Seduced by its beguiling white, Freezing, cold, yet letting my body, Be wrapped in its ivory smoothness, It melts by the heat of my mortal frame, Drop after drop, it flows down from my cheeks to neck, Caressing me with its cold touch; My pen awaiting my command, Rises to be embraced between my fingers, As restless as my inner self, To capture the serenity around, In the most mesmerizing words; I scrawl, my blissful spirit, Sprinkled on paper, But Oh, He espies me from afar! I see you! I see you my enchanter! I see you behind that tall pine tree, Your eyes occupied in composing, Their own beauteous rhymes, And we both write verses, I write you on paper with ink, While you write me, In your imaginations with your eyes, And so we become, Two rhapsodists, making opus, Embracing each other, Through expressions, through words, Through poetry, and through Nature.........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Ever been in a situation, Where someone's absence takes over Your thoughts, your imaginations? Ever felt like a leaf, That slowly goes brown from green, For without water, it looses its sheen! Ever wept, For no apparent reason, Like your heart is the atmosphere, And there's a sudden change in the season! Ever played the notes of wanting, On the violin, Where the bow speaks of the yearning? Ever waited for someone, Burning the midnight lamp, Seeking something in the surrounding twilight? I am all of this, When I don't hear from you, When I don't see you, I am, Waiting........Still.

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My beloved, A prayer, a dream, Your effort, my soul's joyous scream, You whispered, I heard, You played, I hummed, I felt your fingers write verses, On my uncovered skin, While you dreamt of me, From miles away; Hey Wizard! You know what.... My throat felt full with tears, Some funny old astrologer said, I won't live long enough, But who wants to live long! A moment of that glimpse, Of your beaming smile, A dive into the cherubic river, That flows in your eyes, A sublime touch of your hands, On my dying frame, And I would be liberated, For, You my love, Are my salvation........