Living

Dawn
A hominid breathes
new born sun
puerile breeze
dancing buds
happiness diffused in the air
the soul safe
the heart sane
no mysterious cries, no pain

Noon
A dog barks
burning sun
fiery sky
flowers emblazon the day
passionate desires buried in the sand
the mind stirs up
the body trapped in phial
A want and a restraint

Twilight
the mirror pale
wrinkled sun
grey returns of the winged
pettish moods of nature
foulbreath of the dying
body black, cold
tender, nostalgic mind
A wait for the tryst with destiny

Night
curtains on the face
moon, coy in a mantle
night waters flow
venereous touch
oozing nectar of the breasts
the psyche dying
the soul sinned
elusive songs in a castle

surrendered living
dies in the empty
darkness of plaintive woods.

---- Saberi Roy. Copyright 2008

Lunar Mantra

In the moonlight
your hooked tongue
snakelike in a mandala song
soaking myriads of paths
in my mind and yours
sweat dropping tamarisk
laden with humid rain
the open tentacles of desire
in a diadem……..

the sigh, the pain, the crimson
merged
in a mantra and a concerto
then the winds in schisms
of pain and pleasure

raptorial candles tried pilfering
remnants of moments
that failed
to move with felt time.

-----Saberi Roy. Copyright 2008