Poetry: Shaleen Singh

Shaleen Singh

Waiting for you

At English cafe is

Twisting and Turning

With a restless heart

Here, 

Groping 

The thin corners of the 

My own heart

I found crumbs

Of memories 

Of the time gone by 

Memories of time

With you

Without you...

I have spent 

Hours in minutes

Waiting for you

Here

And you came

As usual,

Never physically..

Even though

I have visualized  

You sitting before me

With your half-oped eyes

And full-bloomed smile

Easing me 

With your presence 

Making me feel you 

So enlivened, so enchanted

Yet,

The thought 

That you're there

Is just a thought

I marvel 

What will be when

You're there

Coming, sitting

And smiling before me.

Coffee dates with you

In close eyes

With you I have

Innumerably gone

Over coffee dates

With you

The fume of 

Latte has wafted 

So much of memories

That I was left 

There on the point of

NO RETURN..

In closed

chambers of Heart

I have sipped 

Every aroma

Gliding through 

Your eyes

Clandestinely..

From my eyes

I have fixed/Unfixed 

Further meet ups

In English cafe 

I have lived 

Every tid-bit of 

Happiness 

With you 

I have lived years

In every iota of second.

With you

So much is

Still to be lived...

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Setu, August 2021