Time of life

Annoyed every morning,

At the recurrent pain,

Gnawing away the insides,

Seeking relief in vain.

 

Age is the cause,

But it gets hushed up,

The need to stay young

Necessitates cover up.

 

Like a switch turned on

The aches began to garner

Just as she went past

The proverbial corner.

 

Admittedly she did not

Look anything like old

But the body discerns,

The groans are foretold.

Short stint

 

Not so long ago

Your head fit in my palm

 

I look again today

My hands are normal

Far from gargantuan

 

I think I blinked

The customary forty winks

 

Where did time go

Was I enshrined

In suspended animation

 

Is the time continuum

Inflated exponentially

 

Age is just a number

While I stop tallying mine

You accumulate digits to yours

Gift of infatuation

 

Giddy with anticipation

Was a clichéd one-liner,

 

The lewdness of her gaze,

Wasn’t lost on her or others,

 

The craving was a frill

The lavishness a guilt,

 

Needless to say, she was

Just a slave to her desires.

 

Her heart was in tremor

And her head dizzy in excess

 

The day finally was here

It came packaged in white

 

As she pulled away the covers,

Revealing the shiny new gadget.

 

An attempt in stealth

From her loved ones

 

A lapse from prudence

For just this once.

In contentment, in joy

 

You, to be born tomorrow

Of me, mine shall be called

You shall bring me no sorrow,

As with you, I shall be enthralled.

 

As much a part of me, you are

Though seeds, I’d have sown,

Truth could be very bizarre,

You shall be of your own.

 

I shall bring you into the world,

I will wait to see your face,

And then let you free to unfurl,

Every bit will forever amaze.

Defiled

 

 

My sacred sanctuary

Away from the routine,

Unlike my crowd that

I think I fit in

Was violated beyond repair

Left with a gaping hole

 

Not so much a compunction

Not a sense of qualm,

Again my soul is stripped away

As I try, to move on, get a grip.

Baffling

I don’t get that about me

Unexpectedly I begin to rebel

Against the unfairness of it all

 

Right thing, I thought if I do,

Always of the virtue,

The evil bias shall not

Raise its iniquitous head.

 

That was not to be

Prejudicially, I was taunted,

The clicked lesson reinforced

 

Life is far from fair

 

Questioning the premise,

Gets me nowhere

Why doesn’t everyone

Live and let live