Come
hither! Wait. Whisper,
sweet
nothings in my ear
Tell me
about all the things
that did
not happen during the day
And let us
look into each other’s eyes
and see the
dreams we will never have
For long I
have wandered in forests of activity
once, I
wish to bathe in the rivers of sweet nothing
Drop me a
message in the middle of the day
only to say
that you were thinking of me
Smile, make
me smile, share a hug online
Cure my
anxiety of if you’ve forgotten me in the past hours
when I have
pined to hear your voice
to see your
face to touch your hand
To feel my
world is complete again
Kiss me
randomly begging the question “why”
with the
only answer as “because I wanted to”
Share an
unexpected hug
spend the
day huddled under a sheet over a movie we won’t remember
Or take me
to a faraway land
only to
never leave the room and watch the sky change colors
To see how
the birds fly and how flowers bloom
And how
each day beckons the next in the presence of you
Share the
morning tea with me, share the goodnight kiss
Be my first
sight of the day, be the last hug I give
Talk to me
about your day, and your miles to go before you sleep
the things
to read the sights to see
the music
to dance the wines to cherish
And stay
close to me in those quiet moments
when arms
express so much more than words ever can
And
understand me on the unkind days
when
destiny has not been too kind to me
When
regrets come to haunt me again
and when
darkness looms, as it inevitably does
Life will
not come to us with an instruction manual
it will
come, I hope, with you
And I
promise that I will choose to love My Monster
on the days
that will be difficult
Because my
love is not my gift you
it is my
gift to my life
So don’t
stop dancing when the music stops
and just
hold me close
Maybe the
music will find us again
Vishal
Gupta
9 January
2020
