I Love The Way You Are Poem by Arun Maji

I love the way you are.
your light and shadow, arch and bow,
cry and laughter, bend and curvature,
all so appealing! All so astonishing!

I love everything that is yours.
dimple in your smile, dent in your laughter,
desire in your stare, depth in your river,
I love them all. I desire them all.

Is there anything of yours,
that doesn't tease me, tickle me,
tremble me, twist me, torment me?

Even a glimpse of your bosom makes me shudder,
whisper of your voice makes me shiver,
sway of your hips makes me quiver,
stare of your eyes makes me quaver.
I am in eternal spasm, no matter if you are close or far.

Even thought of you is sticky,
dream of you slimy,
sound of you slippery,
shadow of you greasy.
In your embrace,
pain is beautiful, suffering blissful.

I would never know-
how much of you is enough,
how much of you brings me satiety,
how much of you brings me serenity,
how much of you brings me tranquillity?

Since, a mortal being like me,
never can unfold your mystery,
I would keep, swimming your sea,
drinking your honey.

I would drink you in my waking,
in my sleeping, in my dreaming.
I would drink you, spill you, empty you.

The word 'love'
never can describe my feelings for you.
If universe is my feelings
dust is the word 'love'.
If ocean is my feelings
drop is the word 'love'.

You know, what it feels like to be 'me'!
The immense pain, the immense pleasure
the immense torment, the immense rapture
all so heavy! All so unbearable!
I am always thirsty, always hungry.

Though your shadow never leaves my soul,
yet, I am so alone, so empty!
I am drowned in your sea
still I am alone.
I have drunk whole of your ocean
still I am empty.

O love, dissolve me within you,
so that, I am never far from you.
Drown me within you
so that I am never thirsty of you.

© Arun Maji
Painting: Morteza Katouzia