I Have Got Cancer In My Heart Poem by Arun Maji

Why did you come?
Why did you look at me
With your alluring thirsty eyes?

And then, you smiled too.
And you smiled like
Golden rays of morning sunshine.

Don't you know, they hurt me?
Don't you know
Your stare penetrates my soul?
Smile teases my heart?
Lips torture my sobriety?


Gravitational force in your eyes
Can displace mighty Sun.
Then how could a mortal boy like me
Stay sober before you?
Volcanic fire in your lips
Can burn earth sea and sky together.
Then how could an inflammable life like me
Stop himself from being burnt?
Shine of your seductive smile
Can numb this infinite universe.
Then how could a fragile boy like me
Stop himself from not being insane?

I am insane, I am burnt,
And I am dying.
My heart is aching,
Soul crying,
Sense diminishing.

I am so freaking numb,
I could not do anything
But think about you.

See, I am here in my office
For last four hours;
But I have not done a thing.
I look at my computer
And you are there
Smiling to me.

What do I do now?
What?

I am so numb,
So crippled,
So ill.
I am sure
You know the name of this sickness.
Isn't it?

Can you please help me
Treat this?

© Arun Maji