A FORGOTTEN LOVE REIMAGINED : A BOOK OF POEMS VI
RESILIENCE & GRIT
A tree growing on top of a dead tree. Kalavantindurg, Maharashtra. © SanyaSundarPhotography
You cast away the love I give
Let it rot
Let it die
Let it wither within.
And from those ashes
You like to see
Our love resurrect.
Only then will you release
Your hand that lit the flame
Your eyes that watched me burn in shame.
ATHENA OVERRIDES APHRODITE
Owls in Bangalore, Karnataka. © SanyaSundarPhotography
Love is blind
Love is heavy
Love is lost
Love cannot be bought
Love comes today
Love doesn’t stay
But in my arms
I’ll love you everyday.
So come, let me show you my way.
IN YOUR ARMS AND UNAWARE
Arugum Bay, Srilanka. © SanyaSundarPhotography
It’s never now
It’s never now
This love can wait
The world is here and I am late
Time cannot change this fate
Say the monsters in your head
As they take you away.
IN LOVE AND AWARE
Ginigathena, Srilanka. © SanyaSundarPhotography
Take my breath
It’s short and quick
Repeats like a nervous tick
Take it away and let me stay
In the stillness of your arms
Today and everyday.
PLAY WITH ME
Ginigathena, Srilanka
Love me now
Hold me now
Take me now
Let’s fake it now
You’re my dream
I’m at bay
When I say
Return to play
MY HANDS
No words for you
None at all
Just my lips
And hands shall say
How much you mean to me today.
YOU ARE MINE
Colvale, Goa. © SanyaSundarPhotography
For every day that you were away
I met you in a different dream
By the sea, under the stars
A dusty road, in open fields
Let’s get behind closed doors
And in those eyes let me drown
Watching you from afar
No more can it be done.
In my heart you were always mine.
Come to me, now is the time
Forever ours, the world can wait
Until we are done
On a day far from today.
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Don’t turn it’s not your time
The stars are here, the moon is new
The sand is warm,
The coast is clear
The crabs are locked
Clawing near
It’s time for us
To make it here.