Sea Or You

By Divya Devarajan

I call for none.. I crave for none

I seek for none..I fall for none

Then why do I miss, like a part of me unfound

Like a restless soul, I come in search of you

You..not just the person, it's the warmth

The wind, the fingers, the waves

The smile, the vastness, the sound, the saltiness

I reach your toes, and engulf my barefoot in sand

I feel it in me, I've never seeked anyone more!

What's it in your eyes? Pearl or coffee beans

I seem to swim in it, even when I'm far ashore

You lie with your vastness, naked and bare for my weight-

of my dread, desire, dismal and dreams

You see me as no-one does, and I face you

like I would do with anyone, then

you seem to take in, however much I place it on

you open your waves like I'm the only one

At times I wonder if it's not just me,

-who devour you, abide you and surrender to you

Do you show your different scapes to others as well?

that they place their piece on the guarded space of your heart

and still you take it, to the mushy islands in you,

then place those in those oyester shells for long-

to let it be pearls, to make it an ornament

but I know it's just yours, you don't share it no-more

Just a sight I feel it takes me, to have you touch me or hug me a bit

To lend me your scent, the sacred frontier

To quench my thirst and swim in your thoughts

You tilt my world to straighten again,

You show me ways to mend it again

You tame me and you feed me your wit

I loose me in you, and you find me again.

By Divya Devarajan