Sweet little death…!

“She came with a warning

‘Temptation of love kills’

And yet he chose to taste her

A mouthful, for only if he knew

He would be addicted to such death

As if a beautiful dream broken halfway

For she would linger on his body

As those droplets of sweat on a humid day

As if to realize this penultimate night

Is going to stay alone, as if forever

For he would crave every single touch

Of her lips, only to die and again

And pity a moment, only to exaggerate another,

Of what it means to have such a lover

For only if he knew of her longing

Being such irresistible delicacy

And as precious, as last few drops

Of scotch on a lonely night, and

Holding on to her would only bring a pain

As passionate as a memory

Of that first kiss they had...”

Praveen Parasar

19/06/2016