Monday, April 24, 2006

The night flight

I folded my wings and peeped inside his room. It has been a short flight from my room ... and I was already perspiring a little. It is getting warmer. In a city of perpetual rain, the sudden spell of warmth had caused nubile young bodies to shake out their shells and stretch out in the sun. The cherry blossoms are all gone now...but anyways what good are they for, apart from making one long for poetry...

I see him, sitting at his desk...oblivious to my presence, for today I was careful to wear my cloak of invisibility. I jump inside the room, lightly, and yet perhaps not so imperceptively. For he suddenly turned around and paused for a while before going back to his readings. I only pause for a second before tip toeing across the room. I do a little pirouette.

I rush out of the room. I wander from room to room .. in the living area flaying my arms I do a little 'camel walk' to the music of the dripping kitchen faucet.

And then again I run outside... I jump out from his window... ah..the warm spring air spread across my wings...

I fly low in circles...and slowly make my way to the cherry blossom trees.

Monday, April 17, 2006

Little piece of red paper
Folded thrice over
Lying on my desk

Folding for you, my friend
Smoothing down the creases
Flipping it over
Nimble fingers fluttering anxiously

Before it can take wings and fly off
You leave me stranded on the road
And decide to walk away.....

At this moment..

Perching on your window sill
I turn my gaze towards you

At this moment, my friend
We are making stories of midnight rendevous
For in future years to lament

Feigning anger
I shake my feathers, ignoring you all this time
For too tired to venture on a journey
Now that its so late, and I have travelled so long

For what meaning does it entail
When there is not a story to tell
When there has not history been framed

So here I am
Folding my wings on your window sill
Giving up moments of anguished beauty
For now, I am in need for dumb happiness

And yet, at this moment my friend
We are making stories of midnight rendevous
For in future years to lament