Invitation Poem by Angelina Pandian

Seductive you lay lazily
Like a Lion assured of prey
You show no intent of killing
Liquid pools of gold and brown
Suck me into their deepest depth
But, bind me with a vice’s grip
Your voice hypnotic pulls me
Into your arms, when you say, “Come”
So warm, so comforting, so inviting
I crawl in beside you burrowing
My face into your chest
My happiness you search in my face
You ask, if I knew this will happen,
Yes, I knew, this will happen
When your hands reached out
Held my palm when I my grief retold
Yes, I knew, this will happen
When you saw my tired face took time
To get me a drink and showed your care
Yes, I knew, this will happen
When you said so many words of flattery
Half to the world and the rest only to me
Yes, I knew, this will happen
When I blushed at your smile
When I lowered my eyes at your look
Yes, I knew, this will happen
When you called me a flirt
Then I knew I was fated to be yours
Yes, I knew, this will happen
If we kept on like this a paring game
When I wanted you to know about me
That I’m not a flirt, surely no – But,
With you I don’t know how I came across so
When I wanted you to know
I’ve known a lot of people too
I was always a friend and nothing more
Help I used to do even go out of the way
But, other interests I used to put to rest
I was never free or available
To go out with, anywhere alone
Till I met you my feelings and emotions
Were chopped to the roots
You came and saw and won me in a glance
And I wanted you to know
That I’ve never fallen like this before
Yes, I knew, this will happen!
A week of being together literally
And a week of being away totally
Yes, I knew, but, not here or now!