A Place to Stay | Shaivya Srivastava

Fathomless eyes, a burning heart

Entangled limbs refusing to part

So I sigh, a cynic, snort and say

'Is this all? Your love to stay?'

'My love to stay?' a raised brow

'Does it stay? You tell me how'

The whispers in my hair tell a sweet tale

'A singular ivory mermaid's scale

In Pacific's pit, place sunlight can't breach

That is where my love could reach

And it glows, ignites the silent waves

It flows from the depths of darkness's caves

If that is where an atheist would pray

That is where my love would stay

A formless cloud in an ashen sky

Heavy with drops yearning to fly

Longing to fly so they could touch

The wisps of the wind they could clutch

Hold eternity a moment, then disappear

That is where my love would appear

And it would set fire to the sun

Tangerine shades in azure to stun

If that is where the devil won't play

That is where my love would stay

Pearly drops on writhing grass

A hint of green in a field of brass

Aching, arching for the rain to come

Waiting some more then waiting some

Where there is but a boundless dearth

That is where my love would take birth

And it would flood the waiting field

The lifeless spirit of death would yield

If that is where a reaper would pay

That is where my love would stay

A  speckled trout in a silver river

Plunging, rising so silver would quiver

Sieving sun streaming through canopies great

Hoping then urging the trout to wait

But on it goes pickled with passion

That is where my love would reveal compassion

And it would follow the turnt trout

Then fuel it some more with cheers stout

If that is where the sun would sway

That is where my love would stay

Fierce eyes or pools of glamour

Skin sweet where a heart would stammer

Wild ringlets weaving a vivid plot

Pulling a little, then pulling a lot

Freckles, stars, sepals of calendula

That is where my love would be a nebula

It would end and begin, a luminous charm

An entire universe in a dainty palm

If that is where you choose to lay

That is where my love would stay'.