Shrouq

By Krishna Mohan

I met a sunshine in a distant land,

Where bound by the less I toiled my life.

She bore a  trinket in her lips 

For the world to find repose anytime

As I fought to chain the demons in me. 

She splintered my will with a text to meet tonight. 

I heard a knock and then a ring,

Opening my door did take me a while.

She called my phone again at my door,

For me to jump off my couch and take a fall.

As she opened the door in agape,

She found me and my pride on the floor.

I wish I sank into that floor that sec,

Were I could melt in that flame of shame,

She helped me up with a laugh locked tight.

For me, I just kept my eyes off her browns.

As she dusted the last of my hubris,

She breathed a kiss on my cheek ever so deep.

I watched in awe as she dropped her blacks,

Where I saw a goddess unveil,

She helped me breathe with more than a  kiss,

For me, I was in worlds unknown

As she looked deep and panted in my ear,

She missed me and I am all she needs.

I asked her with amaze why she came 

Where she gave me a smile ever so deep,

She sang songs and made me merry all night 

For me, I danced through songs I couldn’t get 

As Azan broke the spell of that night.

She wore her veil and kissed me goodbye. 

I once found an oasis in a path so long

Where I forgot the truth of being.

She just threw my lust off a cliff that night,

For me, it is now nothing but a myth,

As I walk old through the sands of my beach,

I still see her smile in the morning sun 

And skip a beat when I recall her browns.

By Krishna Mohan