Sea Rocks/Garden of Roses

by Gomes,Gemini - Not entered

A LIFE THAT IS FULL OF SURPRISES
A TIME THAT IS NEW EVERY SECOND
IN MY LIFE ALSO SURPRISINGLY A NEW FOUND LOVE OF YOU
SPARKED BY A HEARTFUL OF LAUGH
HINTED BY SOME GOOD GESTURES
HAUNTED BY YOUR THOUGHTS
FINALLY WHEN I OPENED MY HEART -
	YOU SAID ‘YOU HAVE NO FEELING FOR ME’
SURFED THE SEA, IN FURIOUS MOOD
STOOD ON THE BEACH WITH HANDS ON MY HIPS
STARED AT THE FAR AWAY HORIZON
AGAIN WENT FOR A SWIM TILL I BECAME HELPLESSLY TIRED
AFTER THE HEAT...
AFTER THE DUST...
AFTER THE DARK...
I WAS SITTING ON ONE OF THE ROCKS, 
	UNMOVED BY THE THOUGHT WAVES
LIGHT-HOUSE SEARCH-LIGHT 
	WAS LOOKING FOR BOTH OF US IN ALL DIRECTIONS
TIDES WERE TRYING TO MOVE THE ROCKS
SPLASHES OF WAVES SPRINKLED ON ME-
	TRYING TO BRING ME TO THIS WORLD
LAID DOWN AND LOOKED AT THE SKY,
	STARS WERE SIMMERING AT ME
MOON REPOSITIONED ITSELF TO LOOK INTO MY EYES
LOST IN THOUGHTS - 
	I WAS FLOATING AROUND THE MOON WITH MY DEAR
EVEN AFTER YOU HAD SAID ‘I HAVE NO FEELING FOR YOU’
I WAS UNMOVED BY THE ANSWER-
	CONTINUING TO REMEMBER YOU
STARTED TOWARDS THE GARDEN TO RAZE IT DOWN
IN THE TRAIN, LOOKING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW,
	EVENIF I REFUSED, YOUR FACE CAME TO MY MIND,
	ASKING FOR A PARDON
I FELT LIKE TALKING TO YOU, ONE MORE TIME -
YOU ACCEPTED AND I
GIFTED A GARDEN OF ROSES IN RETURN
WITH A SHOWER OF LOVE

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Date created: 1997-04-22 18:51:38
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:39:24
Poem ID: 46947

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