A Letter To Beloved Poem by Smakshi Bhat

Take this letter, Oh white dove,
drop it to the balcony, of my beloved.

Let the breeze tangle, in his ‘dark-brown' hair,
don't fly away, just wait and stare.

Stare, so that your eyes are blessed,
stare, so that you forget the rest.

Hide on a tree and silently peek,
until you see the ‘dimple, ' crowning his cheek.

Let his ‘blue-veined' hand, rise to the face,
run through his ‘black' beard, at a slow pace.

Now hold on a while, to see the best sight,
teeth like shards of glass, between lips so quiet.

Oh, that smile! Is even longed by ‘the skies',
when the charming deep lines, surround his eyes.

Capture all of this and ‘illuminate' your eyes,
widen your wings and now take a flight.

Take a flight, come back, oh white dove.
for you bring the ‘radiance', of my beloved.


- Smakshi