By Anushka Dey
Whenever I see you, my heart skips a beat
A single glance is all I try to steal
But the glory of sun and all other stars
are meant to be admired from afar
My heart threatens to explode from unspent love and emotion
Ink comes to rescue, turns this poison to potion.
Well sometimes fate is simply unfair
But I am chasing a mirage, I am well aware.
Handwritten love letters to you remain in closet, my feelings forever untold
So on this scroll the story of my unrequited love I unfold
The words that are locked behind my lips
Ooze out on paper through my fingertips
My pen praises and my poetry paints you
Gold for soul, the heart in red blue and all shades of you.
You may say this is just a castle in the air
But I am chasing a mirage, I am well aware.
Here, I set you free and yet with my words I bind you
I lose you forever, but for eternity I find you
Here, I both enjoy and miss you
Through my verses I kiss you
I immortalise my love in a rhyme
So, generations to come will read that once upon a time…
That’s how I find delight in my despair
I am chasing a mirage, I am well aware.
The Ruskin Journal 