Drooping Petals Poem by Saroj Padhi

You're a wonder bloom of endless jasmines
In my outlandish, virile land,
Desired by dawn to be plundered by its unseen hand;

A suppressed smile between the lips of melting clouds
Merging into the tears of early dawn,
My hunger for beauty every morn,
My exciting search for ways to fly;
As birds fill in the sky of your blue eyes
From the secret womb of an unknown horizon.

Thoughts about you invite butterflies from all sides
To flit across the enchanted lanes of my memories,
Scattering dusts of dreams from their scented wings,
As away from a world of agony my heart this moment swings;

Mind dwells in an icily cool house of your sweet love
Where I croon like a stranger dove
Secretly chasing your teen fancies and smiles filled with fun
I'm in love with you, my sweet youth
And am ready every now and then to burn
As your fingers swipe the petals of my face
Drooping under an angry Sun.