SHARMA, Sanu

May I Meet You Someday Like This

May I meet you someday like this

may there be no rush of saying goodbye

may there be no fear of interruptions

may all the emotions be poured out,

and every nook and cranny of my heart be emptied.

may I hold no regrets within

may memories not haunt us later.

May I never tire of expressing myself

may I find contentment in listening to you

may there be no constraints of time

and may we be bound together as a single knot

you, time, and I.

May I grasp you and drift into a deep slumber

may there be no haste to wake up

may there be no fear of missing a moment

may I get melted on your embrace, and

meld into your wholeness

just as the soul merges with the Supreme Being

May there be no unfulfilled dreams like this

may there be realities that satisfy me.

Someday, may I meet you

just like this.

An Untold Secret

How vast, how extensive

the boundary of your company

the magnificence of your affection.

Integrity, that of a friend,

trust, that of love,

semblance, that of a guardian.

In your intimacy, I have found

a new world

a unique sky

and a golden universe.

Expressing not to you; but

with you, I've bound my love silently,

unheard and unseen from anywhere.

The Same Heart Nowadays

Once, the heart

expressed itself freely

listened without resistance

but nowadays

my heart has fallen into silence.

No longer inclined to read

no longer willing to write

my heart shows no interest in listening

it seems to have lost its sense of purpose.

I’m clueless about its whereabouts

my heart, nowadays

no longer resides within me.