You Are An Ocean

you are like the ocean
fierce and frothy, 
yet calm and serene, deep within

you're like the ocean
your tides pound my heart,
but you send the waves rolling,
to soothe me too

you're like the ocean,
vast and endless,
the more i'm lost in you,
the more little i know,
the more i get close,
the farther you seem

you are the ocean,
of warmth,
sunshine,
and dreams, 
you draw me to you,
smear the salt dust
all over me,
you never come back
with me,
yet your eyes,
never fail to give away
the longing and the hope
to have me back
again!

© sashikant mohanty

Soul Strings

 

we met,
and, then it grew on us,
and, unmeeting was painful,
and eons passed,
as the tides and time
wore each out,
but couldn't touch
us,
and the soul
that we shared

we spoke,
and then it became a habit, 
until the lips turned dry,
unspeaking was like
the lamp blowing out;
we smiled,
and we wept,
leaning against the other,
until chokings stopped
and the eyes went dry,
and then we walked
apart,
unseeing the dreams,
we'd seen,
but nothing could shake
us
and the soul
that we shared

we sat across,
a thousand miles
apart,
lost in crowds
and in piles of thoughts,
quiet and calm,
as the waves pounded,
and not a single word,
slipped,
as a bead of tear
gushed from my heart,
and i swallowed
the lump,
the pillow tucked to my chest;
fighting
a different battle,
in a different world,
a drop oozed,
through the corner
of your eyes
as lost, in a quiet corner,
you gazed into the wall clock,
and toyed the thought 
of unpenning the lines,
and unwhispering
of the word we'd given,
but nothing mattered
to us ever,
for the soul string
that we shared

© sashikant mohanty

It's Not Required

the way you send in a caring line

is the very best,
i've ever known,
the choice of gifts,
anchored by the deep thoughts
let me meet a different you,
unseen and unexplored.

the feigning of anger,

makes the coming back

so much more touching,

not even once failing to choke me up,

they were very dear - each one,
but they are not required,

any more

how i waited for hours on end,
and even asked many times,

why you didn't call, 

why you don't share

how you sat up night after night.

i waited and withered, 

but lit the lamp every evening,
so your feet don't stumble,
so the dark doesn't deter

in case your steps turned my way,

hope not relenting, 

refusing to show signs

of wearing out, or of giving up,

but nothing moved you, 

nothing shook the resolve,

even if you also felt the rush to meet,

even if you had the urge to call
and ask how i was,

ask about the moon,
the smell of the breeze,
and the music of the train,

even if they were just excuses

to get to hear me, be a bit with me
and bring on the smile.

you took really long, love,

but don't start looking for me now,

you won't find me
any more

i'd open up my heart to you,

and all of me, 

my heart and my soul,

my eyes, my words, and my worlds,
my stories and my silences,

my smile, my tears, and my fears,

my love and my life,

my hope and my dreams,

my gods and even my prayers,

my feelings and beliefs,
you saw, and you felt them 

and even you also shared yours, 
a few though,
your prayer tugged my heartstrings,

but you took long,
really very long, my sweet

you don't have to share the rest, 

they won't be heard
any more

© sashikant mohanty