HEARTS GALORE!

Not being a specialist
everyday I meet hearts galore :
hearts craving, hearts raving
hearts deceiving,hearts loving
hearts burning slow as wood fire 
and hearts all rubber
hearts as rising sun 
and hearts cool as cucumber
hearts with soft tendrils pining
simply to rise above
twining around saplings
to be thrust to the sun above;

hearts rough and weather- beaten
growling, grumbling,
thumping , popping
smacking of alcohol
grovelling under nostalgia
for lost kisses
and love windfall ;

hearts big with doors laid bare
for lovers at the rendezvous -
on river bed to serenely share;
where coils of soft aroma
rise from jasmines’ broad chest
for minds to meet under night’s glare;

hearts heavy ,half-burnt
but dyed with flaming colors
drenched with deodorants
of cinnamon and cloves
rich in song, dance and games
waiting for mythical meet
under night’s blind cover ;

hearts all embracing ,
hearts with doors nearly closed
hearts with posies and roses
hearts with mud and murky sand
hearts beautiful and hearts all bland ;

but all hearts throb with one common will
a desire for love to the topmost brim to fill .

copyrighted : saroj kumar padhi,
03/06/14