BRIDE IN WAIT

Dreams lurk in each corner of her bud-like eyes
With only two upper petals open to let light in
Into the soul of her thoughts that run amuck
Like imagination of a poet in love with jasmine ;

Half shed tears in rare a tryst with a smile in early bloom
Cast across the sky of her cherry cheeks tell
A story of severance from roots and at the same time
A new pact with destiny for a new life in to regale ;

Lost in sight of the apocalyptic vision of a crow
Swooping down to the breast of a flaming Palash
With its caw filling the morning air with lofty cries, 
When the koel's counter bursts forth giving joy in surplus !

Hours of silent communion spent on those rocks
At Barabati with eloquent whispers of wind 
From the hot pink bougainvillea in the behind
Have taken wings to two souls into a knot firmly bind ;

She waits for her love in each of her silent syllable 
On lips of a thumping heart , to her lover's heart to tumble .

@copy right: saroj k. padhi/ 27.02.15