~~~! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Fiesta -Repost Poem by Rehan Hyder

Medicinal or fatal;
affinity or distance may duel and decide
Oh me! I'm fretting about monsoon lost on heedless arguments
fragrance of the earthen and liquid wedlock…. fresh alive

Retreating footsteps, rasping sounds of knock not delivered on door
Yet another package delivered to my neighbors
I have new banners, bunting
stopwatch of waiting set to a new zero
I believe another reality is underway
another skin with another rules and new names
to define sensory perception where "blood" "rose" and "rose" "you"

We will then waltz, let fingers engirdle into an impervious citadel
I shall then make love to you to adagio of ecstasies
to the operas and arias-breathed to life but tethered not
to the metrical, rhythmic or any other master
I shall marry you; elope on neighing fuming legitimacy

Today this saline silent thumbing sets fireworks of elation
today I'm closer much closer
to the whisper of your careless fingers to your hair…..
sultry interface of your succinct flesh with caffeine
today your absence is finally a celebration