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Window

 

Adorned with the scars of past

A window still breathes untold stories

Festooned with weeds and creepers

Smeared with virescent moss

Scented with vigorous seasons

Beholding umpteen tempests

Carrying whiffs of perished butterflies

Sustaining cracks in the soul

Splashed with diverse stains

Each stain, a breath exhaled

Hushing the whispers of bygone zephyrs

Coated with mud, dark and greasy

Awaiting an unforeseen season

Aimless, pointless, unfocused

Yet savoring the moments in all its shades

Painting - Starry Night over the Rhone

By Vincent van Gogh

Genesis

 The wakeful night scribbled the stars

On pages, dark and adorned with scars

Sliced moon lulled behind the silky shroud

Loneliness walked through raucous crowd

Thick mist engulfed the forlorn shore

Ocean released a tale from its core

Silence echoed in an unknown place

Winds whispered in a quivering bass

 Words shredded from a wrinkled quill

Ink ignited itself to embrace the chill

A poet dwelled in the moment bygone

From ashes of memories, poetry was born

The Calling

 

 Lying here forlorn and parched

Thirsty of nectar of love

Yearning thy alluring touch

Waiting to inhale thy breath

Oh! My precious beloved

The songbird is calling thee

Come, embrace me in thy currents

Burst through the mountains

Pierce through the rocks

Caressing multifarious pebbles

Wandering through the rainforests

Reach the abode of my longing

Mingle with my barren soul

Douse the flames of yore

Whisper in me thy gushing song

Quench my fervid sensations

Before the ocean of my heart evaporates

Quill

 Oh! Blazing quill

Sip from the murky ink

Quench your endless thirst

Relish the burning passion

Traverse the fortuitous journey

Singe the perturbing memories

Burn down the withering past

Sear the numbed pages

Scorch the thoughts into words

Breathe fire into the doused hearts

Scribble down the summers

Melt away the frozen winters

Unleash a raging storm

Kindle the flames of pyre

Reincarnate poetry from the ashes

Painting by Leonid Afremov

 

Elixir of Love

 

Oh! My precious beloved

As fragile as an alluring flower

Unfurl the seasons of your passion

Instill the fervid summers in my soul

Lift the silky curtains from your eyes

Unveil the hidden rainstorms

Embrace me with your tempestuous desire

Breathe in me, petrichor of ancient woodlands

Melt away the frigid winters

Ignite again the dying embers of night

Scorch away the frosty snowflakes

Revive the withered leaves

Relish the lush springtide from my lips

Heal the blazed autumns

Quench my ardent yearning

With the elixir of love