May I?

a poem by Ajith

Let me light this lamp
In this darkest hour
Stormy and rainy
Without moon, without stars

Listen to me for a while
I have got thoughts a pile
Can’t keep it in this file
It needs to travel miles

I can’t see you
I can’t feel you
But our hearts are one
Can’t we walk together?

Look at these waves
They long to kiss your feet
Feel the sand underneath
Turning into flowers for you

I want to play another tune
Not that same old love song
But you are in these strings
So I know no other song

You are hidden in my thoughts
So the words are you, and,
I know no other melody
Other than your name

Are you lost in your shadow
Mourning silently?
Or are you lost in you, please
Let me hold your hands

You are like a droplet
On a leaf of a lotus
Shining like a pearl, but
Slipping away from me

So let me sing silently
Lost in your breaths
Deep in my heart
Holding you in my arms

Let me fill up your emptiness
And whisper in you
In this silent silence
That I’m yours

The flame of my lamp is tired
She will soon fall asleep
Only darkness will be left here
No shadows, no you and so no me.