LOVE AND WAR
I am a wandering thought
and wondering
Why do I behave oddly at times
that I become a stranger
To the other person
who knows me well
Behave in a manner which though
not offensive
Offends the other person
Behave unresponsive and quiet
Quite contrary to my nature
Avoid looking and glance elsewhere, anywhere
even when I have peeped deep into his soul
Eat the wrong things , behave not a shrew
But do anything to irritate indirectly
Speak an alien language that sounds shocking
surprising your own vocal cords into getting fits
Bathe and sleep at wrong time
Even God wonders if he is going to get his due
Yes I am a wandering thought
And I wonder have I got the message through
Is the other person a bit jittery
and looking at me in wonder
And does not know what to do
an emotional wreck
If so then my work is done
I have got all his attention
For everything is fair in love and war
Let his thoughts wander around
like mine and clash in mid air
Let his thoughts hover over me
Like a bumble bee over a flower
My job is successfully done
I behave so only with the one I love
For being treated indifferently
hurts more than being hated
For being taken for granted also hurts
For being misunderstood and laughed at
is like an arrow being shot at your heart
My wandering thought has come back to me
and no longer wondering
I am at peace
sitting on my throne
Like a Queen
And the throne less King still
wandering and wondering
when will the punishment
be over.
(c)sunita grover raina2021
photo credit net
27/09/21
India
