You, to me

Silent, serene serendipity 

Descended as a dawn.

A text from a farm miles away

Changed everything,

One fine day.

Tales of the past, 

Things that ended and stuff that last

Out every crevice, we cast.

We texted, we sighed,

Everything that we wished, we hide.

Coffee and café. Life and loves. 

Adventures and misadventures alike

We read aloud like bookmarks 

From our favorite chapters.

Between our crowded Jupiter to our Snubby, 

We’ve added more than a set of wheels.

Between your favorite music and my ghazals, 

We’ve made the wind dance between us.

A toast to this special day 

When your mom and dad 

Blessed this naked earth

With a dark goddess…

Come, let’s sip our wine like the sea inside.

Partake of our daily baked bread

That makes my Cinnamom’s heart 

Swell with pride.

I love how your chocolate cake and 

Cookies crumble in my mouth

While we complete this song of love

For you to smile and a 1000 fireflies to come alive.

Somewhere, my heart holding your flower vase cracks,

The petals float to rest between your crooked toenails.

These words do not alone a poem make

Your hands hold it like a kite 

Set against a yet unseen sky.

I hope this lukewarm poem 

May find you warm

And hide inside your soul.

Put this poem near your favorite succulents,

May they may grow better.

Let their thorny exoskeleton know

What only you and I can feel 

but no one else can touch.

Does this simple poem remind you of

Love letters from 

The sunflowers to the sea?

Wish I was the lighthouse 

And you the ship that carry those?

During these unforeseen types of lockdown, 

I want you to go peek

At the moon, look at the sky,

Play with the waves,

Heal your soul and

Unlock our love.

Now, am left 

Wondering 

Did this poem write itself?

And

How many poems about our love

Will you make me write?

Till you read 

And reply 

With a poem of your own? 😊