A Tryst With Grief Poem by kunjubi varghese

My cherub, I know you as a sodden recollection

Writhing in pain, in the realm of my thoughts;

Seeking you as the sweet dripping nectar.

Cherished in the mind, through decades..
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As melliferous memorabilia, treasured in the

Chest of my thoughts, like dew kissed blooms

Of the forsaken soul; as the river of my feeling,

Flowing in the tide with fizzy ripples,

Your remembrance is infusing an unsullied

Fragrance, in the air around me, fills my soul...

I know you, as a charisma of my gloomy days,

A stumbling rhythm lurking, in my chest,

A tremulous music, in my vagrant emotions.

Teardrops oozing, out of my wet eyelids,

Vibrant and vivid dream of munificent compassion...

You came, opened the latched door, sat beside me.

A bewitching and alluring smile

Skulking on your angelic lips;

Carrying a translucent chill into my being,

Pouring, the nectar of allurement into my soul.

Let me inebriate and exhilarate in the sweetness

Of the dream, your thoughts have perpetuated in me….