Dark Bends, Dead Ends

There I stood, beside a frozen lake

An unexplained fear, a remote ache

An irony of white enveloping the darkness of my mind,

The icy chill trying to suck away the little warmth left behind.

The frost pierced my skin,

like pointy needles on a soft cushion.

The numbness wrapping around me like an armour,

Unfathomable, strong and silver.

All of a sudden everything seemed less human.

The love, my life, a purpose, all forgotten.

Surreal, sublime and subtle the world appeared.

Not one thing did matter, no love, no hatred.

Invincible I felt, with my new found weaponry.

Neither thought nor emotion evading against me.

A monster, not ashamed, unabashed, into, I transformed.

A stone hearted splendour, neither living nor dead.

And the sun did rise, not too bright, not too mellow.

Reflecting from the snow, blinding, warm and yellow.

Melting away the armour I had painstakingly created.

The blood pulsating through my veins, leaving me liberated.

'And the shadow of the day, embraced the world in grey.' - Linkin Park

An Eternal Company, A Pair Meant To Be

She, a dusky doe eyed beauty,
One glance, wiping away with it all the sanity
The beholder, lost in her cascading black curls,
The whites of the jasmine peeping amidst the swirls,
Like a cluster of stars, in the blackness of the galaxy
An enchantment cast upon him, a nymph, so heavenly.

And he, no less a Greek Godly resemblance,
The twinkle in his eye, so mischievous, yet dosed with innocence,
A nose so sharp, seeming sculpted to perfection
But her sight, made him wonder if this was reality or a faction of his imagination

And so began this love story
With its sinusoids of joy, pain & futuristic mystery.
Together, was their strength, such a formidable pair
facing every challenge and obstacle, without despair.

It could have all been by chance, destiny, maybe,
Two halves, separately, but together, a whole, meant to be.
A relation that stands strong, fed by some inner strength within.
Not time, tide, distance or compromise could have broken.

An eternal and divine relation,
In its 25th year of celebration !

A dedication for my parent's wedding anniversary.