The Alternate Time Machine Poem by Rajesh Kumar

Come with me
Lets take a ride
Plant yourself next to me
Let me smell in your hair
The whiff of yesterday’s shampoo

Closer still
Until the discomfort of distances melt
And you let go
Of that last bit of shame

Close enough
For you to hear my heart beat
Over yours

Close enough
For my face to fill your eyes
Just as they silently
Close behind

Close enough
For me to smell your Dove face wash
Your Charlie Deo
Your Ponds moisturizer

Close enough
Closer enough
Into me, into yourself
Into an alternate
Time Machine.
(Saturday, October 25,2008)