BEETLE LOVE

The brown petals of your body

Turn me into a black beetle of the night,

Sucking honey from basil leaves

Of your soul away from strangers’ sight;

Your half smile turns me on

Inviting waves from surfing shores,

Of a wild sea as you look on

From behind the tightly shut doors;

Your words are so true but so few

That drop like petals melted in dew

Don’t know how to hold on now

As my elytra has started melting into you .

Slowly I’m becoming you and only you.

Comp. n copy right : saroj k. padhi

22/12/14