My teary eyes and burning heart

Fired up the cool autumnal pond

Sending waves of failures of love

Pain was infectious…

Those fresh lotus petals turned together

To see the elegant lady who was charring

Their lives of beauty to ashes

Pain demanded attention…

One dared to touch my red eyes

In a bid to soothe my flaming being

And asked for reason with compassion

Pain expected sympathy…

Brought home the pink flower

To narrate my story of baseless love

That bent my will beyond imagination

Pain had tall tales…

Looking at my face on the mirror of no magic

I decided to disintegrate the radiating beauty

And merge in the blue canvas of cosmos

Pain could not be erased…

From behind the curtains of rainbow memories

His handsome face emerged effortlessly

That thrust me in the corner sobbing

Pain yearned to brood…

Like a single leaf left alone in a storm

I shivered upon those besmeared words

That boiled my brain only to end in swoon

Pain was unbearable…

Woke up with the tap of lotus

That wanted me to smile awhile

And feel the purity of love around

Pain stood aside…

Padmaja Balaji

This is my contribution for Express Yourself Contest Week 16

http://reflector.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/03/express-yourself-poetry-contest-week-16.htm