The Unspeakable Poem by Saroj Padhi

Lips parted, tremble, eager to speak
but words fumble, faint, twist and tweak
consonants stumble under stress
and vowels long, tumble in panic-
as beats skip heart
silencing the mind freak
to dip into an abyss
before into oblivion they sink;

the Sunleaps from the mouth of dawn
filling the dark void inside the word with light
bees hum around the freckled petals
after a few pegs of floral wine to their delight;


but your silence stiffens like December dew into ice
as I try to tame the volcano inside,
desires weld into fire like fireflies at fireside
when I burn as a lone secret in your heart, deep inside;

open the lips dear and allow the wind to spill out
the beans and spell out the alphabets of old love,
allow ripples of river to sprinkle light on your face
and at the core of being, let our music loudly throb.