Capture

Capture...

Why you
And not I?
Where did you fly
Time
Once beheld
forever
Indebted to fate.

The wheels turn return
Churn up memories
Of nectar
Of poison...

The dark blue sea and
My brown arid lands
Of promise.

No lack of lustre
Yet
Luck of my face cast down
mouth pulled down
In dread memories
But

I cannot give up
Give in call back
The you that was
From the space
That Has been.

Is this what memories are?
Chains
Anchoring slave on
Feet of clay...
To pain?

The sinking the soaring
When it ends...
Where do we stand?
Who do we become?

Where do we go
From here?
For the gates of paradise
Would be Hell
Without you
By my side...

The corners of my mouth
pinned down whiplash a
Pale flutter of beautiful butterfly
A canvas etched from  ether
Struggling with life.

I cannot give up
For some day
We may meet
Beyond daylight's lucre
Greetings from the past
Too long awaited.

And I love you.
I love you
With my life.
See how I  am
An artist  captured...
A captive waiting on
Release.

Believe me.
My freedom
For your
Return...
Shackles on my feet.
Your bonded
Slave...
Will you
Come back to me?
And if you return will you
Remember me?

© Amrita Valan