Signs Of Love

Penned By B D Narayankar

I milch the dark night ink 

and keep filling it in my pen

to spell your name, all night long

Look -

What's come over me!

I pluck your voice and keep 

wearing it 

on my ears 

like the tinkling ear-rings,

Look -

What's come over me!

I collect in my palms

the glow of sunset

and ever so stealthily

paint your cheeks

with molten red-gold hue

every evening

Look -

What's come over me!

I have lost myself

wandering

in search of you,

asking strangers perfect 

your home and address

Look -

What's come over me!

I sip

the drops of light

slipping from your soul;

suffusing your lips

Look -

What's come over me!

I carve out 

a peck of a dust 

with my nails

gathered on your portrait

day in and day out

Look -

What's come over me!

I watch out for you
on television
with my teary eyes
Capture you
frame by frame
and store in
my smartphone
Look -
What's come over me!

Wish this love could be gambolled away

in a child's inocent play