LOVE GEMS

It is very very difficult to pen my pent up romantic pearls

As she keeps snatching the treasure and runs away with it

Holding the gems tightly to her bosom.

knowing that it is her possession and hers alone

And she is a lover from birth

since many births

How can I snatch it from her

for I am her greater part

What am I going to achieve

by tearing her bosom apart

Ripping her heart out

to dig out those precious gems

Just so I can display them

on a lifeless paper

with colourful words

and get some appreciation

Even if I did it

It would never be the truth

For no words can be a substitute

for those love gems

and create the magic of her feelings

Create the madness of her feelings within her

I will simply ruin the glitter of her gems

With my inking

And turn them into pebbles

For I do not have it in me

And no one should dare either

If she feels a part of her is being stolen or sold

then let it be

Let her run away with it

Let her hide it in her bosom

Let her carry them to her next births.

But if she really gets down to pen her gems

Then maybe the poets

will have to give it another thought

For a lover does not lie

And poets use their imagination

Even my pen has surrendered to her

And now I am running too

after her

Not to snatch her gems

but become her

For I am her.

(c)sunita grover raina2021

26/09/21

photo credit net

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