River Romance Poem by Saroj Padhi

Am I in love with
the river that slowly swallows her banks,
as the embankments of my resistance give in
letting her glamorous flow
dissolve the tumbling rocks of my ego,
destroy the cliffs of my bold refusals,
disarray the nuances of desires,
dismantle the idea of existence
by pushing the pebbles of fond old thoughts
out into the abyss of a dark sea
where waves await to melt the stony body
in the depth of sunless waters,
surmounting the dull spirit
to take over the soul in her love's blind rage
like juices of flowers devoured by the honey bee?

Let me lie down like a leaf on her face
kissing the stars in her sky-blue eyes,
enjoy the ecstasy of her ripples rising
into the arms of an amorous wind
and sip the nectar in her winy looks
before being wafted by her bewitching breath
into the ocean's devouring sleep so luminous and kind!