Tribute to our love

You know how much I love you

How much I desire

To be with you

Composing what we have lost in the past

Beautifying every second in the present

You are my love of today

Every morning you are the tide

That carries me forward

With your tears of love

And waves of rapture

It's my sense of insecurity 

Of the imminent departure

That torments me

I cannot think of a life

Beyond you, now

For I wish to course

The remaining seasons with you

Whether it's till the autumn of our lives

Or in the spring of our being.

©LR

With our eyes

I still carry the straw

That has lipstick stain of yours

I have preserved it

As one of my rarest treasures

Reminds me of the moments

We beautified

With our eyes

So animated was I

While you calmly watched me

With endearing eyes

I could feel you

In your silence

As I slipped my legs

Under the recliner

Caressing your legs

The world unaware

You smiled

And in that smile

I found my sanctum

I prayed to Almighty quietly

One day, I wish to merge in the earth

With her

In front of my eyes.

©LR

I see myself in you

Gazing at the reflection in the mirror

I no longer recognize

The person I have metamorphosized into

Embittered, in the vicissitudes of life

I have set myself free from expectations

And from hope

People came

Some stayed

Some left 

Slicing my soul

It hurt then

It doesn't ache anymore

I collected my ashes

Smeared it on my being

And found peace within

Until you came by

The kiss of destiny

On my forehead

And I became precisely

What I was meant to be

Soaring heights

Erasing my past

I have treaded on journey

Where I see my reflection

In you

With you.

©LR

With you, my love

You and me

Under the mutinous stars

Laying on the carpet of earth

Watching the moon flirting with the clouds

In that ambience

I wish to be lost with you

Enclasping your hands in mine

I wish to pour my feelings

Not through my words

But from the dews spilling

So much I have carried

So much I have endured

Soak each drop of mine

Wrap me in your beats

I wish to love you

And live again

From the beginning.

©LR

Beyond realms

Unshackling my chains

I went ahead

Expecting nothing 

But a journey to tread

Sentimental I became

When you instilled feelings

That were long dead

Neutrally, I observed your actions

Without ever mentioning about my bygone experiences

Gradually you inched closer

Registering your solemn presence

Love you professed

But I was disillusioned

I heard you

But I couldn't accept you

Wholeheartedly

For the gnawing pain 

Was still there

It wasn't until

I confessed my past 

I couldn't carry the burden

For I was falling in love, every second

You were shattered

Lost in the road, to nowhere

You cursed your fate

I cried in regret

And we wept together

Holding on to each other

That day, I realized what I meant to you!

Your assuring presence

With the raptures of laughter

Ever since we haven't looked back

Even if we aren't tied by social threads

Our love for each other

Is beyond definitions.

©LR

Back to my words

Will it hurt this time

I question myself

The heart remains silent

For it already knows the answers

It is used to the ache 

Over the years

All have been travelers

Checking, if I have something to offer

A piece of flesh

To enter

But he was not just another

He became a chapter of colors

Allaying my fears

Spreading laughter

He came closer

With love

Love bloomed

Seasons changed

He stayed

But I knew, he will leave

Someday

Just like those travellers

So I decided

It was time for me

To slip

Gradually

Now that he was back to his family

What more could I have asked for

And I withdrew

To where I was

Where I will be

In my words.

©LR

When love became us

Every day I convince myself

It cannot be love

And you were certainly not the one

I was looking for

The more I deny my feelings 

More they get reinforced

When you spread the laughter of life

When you embrace my pathos

When your presence silences my chaos

Emotions choke!

I die a thousand deaths

Tormented, I ask myself why now

Why again

The signature of love

Your hushed answers

Spoke louder than words

So I took rebirth

With you

By my side

Holding me tight

Yes, it had to be you

Only you

For love

To complete it's cycle.

©LR

Pre aligned by stars

If you hadn't found me

I would have found you

You know why

Open eyed what I couldn't find

Closed eyed, Almighty gifted

I hear my beats

In you

And I look forward to my ending

With you

Why do you pamper me so much, you question

I smile and say

There are some unanswered Why's

That will be unravel 

As we course this odyssey

I have so much to give you

My love, my desires

My sagas, my existential reality

Everything

I wish to shower on you

Everyday

Filling your voidness

With my granules of warmth

If ever, I leave for infinity

Before you

Be here, for us

Death cannot do us apart

For we are pre aligned by stars.

©LR

Drunk in your thoughts

I am drunk with your thoughts

Tonight

I whisper your name

In the silent shadows

But it echoes

The glass of wine spills 

Through my mounds 

To the dense valley

I wish to see you there

Waiting for me

I taste like none

For I am an enchantress

Leisurely, I fill your being

You yearn to die in me

But l spare you

So that every breathe you take

Reminds you 

Of me

The way, I die millions times

Thinking of you.

©LR

The Door

The door was closed

Yet, I nudged it few inches

Without knowing where it will lead to

I walked in calmly

Apprehending turbulent it will be

You were courteous to my entry

Yet you evaded my curiosity

Days graduated to months

I slowly but steadily unravelled your enigmatic sensuality

You weren't so difficult after all

The more I came closer you

Love became my defining fervor

You deny

Still I have pursued endlessly

I know

I already sense

You are in love with me

Even if you don't convey

Your reassuring presence

Speaks volumes

I have been waiting for years

Never assumed you will pervade my gnawing voidness

Now that you have opened the door for me

I will preserve you

As my rarest treasure

For now, not forever

For our present

Will illustrate our future.

©LR