by Vinita Agrawal
Return me to the salted crystals embedded in earth
Release me into the winds of forbidden mirth
Take me to places that begin with your breath
From godforsaken sin, lead me to simplicity instead
From dark, noir views of heart’s debarred choices
Bestow me the tender light of joy’s exquisite voices
In return, take what you will from the depths of me
Else scatter me to the welcoming dust or unfathomable sea
From there I arose, there I will return
Eternally waiting with my lover to be one
Ethers reverberate with vibrations of wishes
Swimming with longing like airy golden fishes
What is to question, what is to decide?
On love’s augured journey, a true heart will suffice
Vinita is a Mumbai based writer and poet. Her poems have been published in Asiancha, Raedleaf Poetry , Wordweavers, OpenRoad Review, Constellations, The Fox Chase Review, Spark, The Taj Mahal Review, CLRI, SAARC Anthologies, Kritya.org, Touch- The Journal of healing, Museindia, Everydaypoets.com, Mahmag World Literature, The Criterion, The Brown Critique, Twenty20journal.com, Sketchbook, Poetry 24, Mandala and others which include several international anthologies. Her poem was nominated for the Best of the Net Awards 2011 by CLRI. She received a prize from MuseIndia in 2010. Her debut collection of poems titled Words Not Spoken published by Sampark/Brown Critique was released in November 2013. Her poem was awarded a prize in the Wordweavers contest 2013.
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