! ! ...Replay (V Day-2009) Poem by Seema Aarella

(To my lifemate 'Praveen', this one is my V-day gift to him)

An exhale from your
Just cleansed skin
Surged into my lungs
And began to catalyse
A chemical reaction....

Few drops from your body
Got attached to mine
As you wiped off the wetness
With the end of my robe
In a romantic fondle

My heart in anxiety
Suppressed its beat,
With glance fixed to your lips
I waited for the announcement
That never came.....

My thoughts got knotted
In the tangle of your tie
One cuddled stubbornly
In your shirt pocket
Very close to your heart

As you left to work
I watched your waving hand
In kiddish amusement
Hoping you would return with roses
And gladden my evening

It’s an instinctive replay
Of my private fantasy
Year after year,
Though I know... you will not say it,
Though I know...you don’t have to say it.............! ! ! ! ! ! ! !