An Ode To You | Akshay Kumar

Your name slipped over my tongue,

As if a forbidden fish on my lost shore.

I gulped your disyllabic name back to sea,

For you deserve an oceanic life so free,

And all I have is an acidic appetite,

That bounds you in my abdomen.

My throat has never been heavier,

As if the aroma you left has find a way inside.

I wonder what those dreams are made of?

For a comfortable smile you wore every night.

I too must be wearing a smile unknown,

For even graves would bloom at your return.

And you would find my words coated in saline,

But never my eyes.