Sangeetha Kamath

Frayed tassels of chambray thresh in the wind Burrowing in veils of forsaken glades The mists engulf her, a curse upon the naiveté  Drumming thunder and thudding hooves Mingled with retracing screeches of the chariot wheels Heavy as water, grief cascades on her Swept away by the currents of churning disaster  Gravel and sand swirled with ferocity Ripping foolhardy hearts with bayonets Prodding the dark blue to serenade her once more Last drop from her oasis taken, her ocean to restore The clouds are dizzy humming a ditty Orion bleeds tears for the faithful beauty Flaxen verses sing her name Whilst hayfields are buried under drifting snow Splintered love is now in an icicle cage Daring everyone with a Medusa gaze…  Pic Courtesy:ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

When stars swim on the heather dome And spires of fir shimmer in the pale ochre light Windless nights hold my dreams on golden clouds Harps of minstrels strum these woods asleep Dappled with dew, the pearly strands on gossamer webs Sparkles in my cinereal eyes as the dawn breaks Blazing butterflies in summer, robins red and cardinals in December  Perfumes of pine tousle my windswept titian hair Filigreed ribbons of purple noons Gaze upon thirsting flowers in a tapering gloom On fertile prairies and barren moors Moth wings sizzle under a blood moon Wild wailing voices from the waning shadows Blemish the stillness of my ebony woods Spells of Eden flow through us Tyranny of mirages runs it's course Sweet was our failed garden, a paradise now in ruins Glistening in an ice storm with tarnished sirens endlessly burning… Pic Courtesy: ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

You're the chorus of every song Lilting to the notes of operas  Crashing like wild waves upon the rocks Fading to a soothe of a chant in monotone Upon the brine speckled air raw and heady Courses the shrill of seagulls squawking Cryptic cries echo your name Across the ocean on alien shores As warmth comes upon my soles From rocks and pebbles sun baked at high noon Scribbled promises on sand erased by wind and time Moonwake on the rippling froth dancing at my feet Are my Cinderella glass slippers, my gown drenched argent Sailing on dreams of many nights I'm await to embark on your harbour, here I come... May the stars guide me on calm waters In stormy winds, Poseidon be my protector! Pic Courtesy: ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

  In the carousel of the skies and painted unicorn-shaped clouds Love is a merry-go-round and churning ferris wheel  My wayward heart's in a dizzy spin Around us the evening sun in apricot shine If you fade on me like the sinking sun Be my steady darkness of a soothing chrysalis  I would trade a thousand fuchsia sunrises For the solemn twilight indigos  From which blooms the opal rose The swelling starlight a pulsing firework If not a majestic dazzle,  I'm content with your mellow comfort Let me drown in the rain in your heart And create a rainbow on the shimmering pewter Tonight, I close my eyes locking you in my dreams  Cold embers reviving, burning warm and deep. Pic Courtesy: ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

  Riding through gales and howling winds Bludgeoning blizzards tremble  At the fury blazing in her eyes Dripping valour from winy red fingertips Not all girls are sugar and spice Empires were vanquished and monsters quelled Donning black velvet gowns with dark lace tasseled   Savage as a lone wolf swishing double edged swords,  Warrior with a radiant rage wearing  Iron scales and tempests in her hair Blurring knights in armor, she's a deluge of lava Hauling a quiver full of silver tipped arrows Crests and guilds name her a wild hunter! A dragon she became of conquered thrones Oh History! Tonight sleeps in the circle of your arms Sinking into blissful dreams  Content for the triumph and the woman that she is ! Pic Courtesy:ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

  The gates of Shangri-La were thrown open Cosmic skies rained down meteor showers Time collapsed into a smidgen My heart raced at light speed Like the gentle streams and the birds that sing I cruised the world and the seven seas My love songs were the rock and the jazz Twirling with you under sequinned skies in a fluid waltz Traveling by the starlight, you shine on my path On journeys through mazes and vexing labyrinths You're my map, my compass leading to home and hearth... A safehouse and my oasis in deserts arid A monarch and majesty of your love  Was the endless yearning, a distant reunion  As that of the sea and sky in the horizon... Pic Courtesy:ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

  The shivery willow trees are dancing     silhouettes in the moonlight argentine The summer air is replete With spilling fragrance of damask roses and jessamine The milieu and aura tingle my senses It's time to light the tealights and aromatic  candles. Evading wary eyes, I scurry on tiptoe,  Darting my eyes hither-thither… I must make good time, can't hold back any longer! Dashing into my room, fastening the lock, My excitement knows no bounds,  It's brimming chock-a-block! Unlacing a smooth satin bow silvery I'm reunited with my true love;  Hush!... I'm in a tryst with my diary! Pic Courtesy:ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

When it came with overblown fanfare, packaged in satins, Tied with laces, ribbons, diamantes and sequins, You had me stunned...You were the one! Romance was a word---new, all others it hands-down outshone! The stars were made of diamond, the moon, of gold In all naivete, I believed all the pretty little lies  You unflinchingly told.. My heart is a slab of crystalline ice Inside a thorny cage cowering from foolery and malice Romance had a bitter price to pay--- Maroons, scarlets of the roses burnt to ashes drab gray! It creeps in with the brush with a bramble bush Ripping dreams apart with the evanescence of heart's first gush. Romance lives on as poetry in the air  Bleeding profusely, endlessly with a morbid flair… As a melancholic tune of a song once smitten… One man's banquet is to another---  A holy penance or a regret rotten! Pic Courtesy: ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

Sitting by my window on solitary evenings,  I reminisce and remember...How I'd lost you during  The monsoon thunder shower! Your memories are snapshots on thin ice, frozen They shimmer crystalline, aureating imperially golden! And unforgotten they remain---Fragile! As a daisy chain..  I guard them closely, like a last cookie  crumb But when they audaciously seep through unawares,  To briny droplets I succumb... On solitary evenings, I walk alone in the jewelled realm I've lost my anchor...my ship... and my helm! I miss your warm embrace, you made things better I wish I could hug you longer and tighter… I fall to pieces when I pine for you My love for you is deep and true Can we relive this again? When we reunite for eternity in heaven? Pic Courtesy: ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

In the inky velvet darkness Your love was born of stardust sparkle A ray on the path which guided  Me to you, in a pulsing twinkle The glorious pink sunbeams on the cobblestoned diadem  Warmed my heart which was a shackled cold-cut gem Your love was a unicorn of magical colours--- A fairytale with fairies and pixie dust downpours! A radiant rainbow shining through the rain-kissed breeze A holy grail which restored my life That was a tapestry of tangled filigrees  The moonshine was silver spangled wonderland  The starlight spoke of songs long forgotten The sun rose each day utmost brilliance The moon rejoiced with us in a mellow incandescence The diamond dust of new stars were born to celebrate A light of our love so sacred,  Where time and space eternally traversed. Pic Courtesy: ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath