THE GHOSTS OF DISTANCE

Scissions of love kept haplessly apart
Festering bruises the pain of longing breeds
Love that felt alive a moment back
Stands on the edge of wavering whims

Of pain and distance and desires unfulfilled
Of songs unsung and walks unfinished 
Of you and me and our sporadic sprees 
Steady love, where art thee?

Love unrealised...is love lost?
As time crunches in ageing chaos
Blooming years of fire & youth 
Enervating in life's withering moors. 

The voice that feels way light years away
The kiss that lingers in impalpable haze
That shadowy face, impeccable when real
Now sways in delusion, in hopeless demeanor. 

Steady love. Where art thou?
I have searched for you in raging bouts 
The penumbra of love lurks about 
The heart dismayed in a dreary rout. 

Love asunder...come around. 
Lurking in the deeps of moldering mounds
Too long have you loomed in spaces dark
Too long have I sought that priceless spark. 

Faithful love. Love in sight.
Resurging memories of starry nights 
Of times when time relinquished its sway
And timeless love had its way. 

For love that's real is a rare find
Colossal visions of immaculate shine 
Tenacious faith finds its way
And ghosts of distance fade away. 

ANTECEDENT LOVE

Memories of a love long embalmed
The shaded lores half untold 
The world deluded in omniscience 
Far from the magnificent core. 

Of love and kisses and lips reminiscent 
A yore of fortune that began 
The lovely tale of a union that spake 
Wreathing destiny in life's vivid wake. 

For love if love can ever be foretold
Lingers in the qualms of the sensing souls
Dreaming beauty surging inside
One look asunder, & love is realised. 

For what is, but is felt not in unison
Illuminates in the dooms of diverging visions
In throbbing heartbeats & pulsating skins  
The epiphany of love is felt. 

Antecedent love. Love unrealised.  
Lurking in spaces vibrant with life
Thriving in the gardens of bounteous grace
Where beauty finds its perfect face.