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My Lovely Fool

Oh, my lovely fool!
Why do you recoil, for what fault of mine;
what misdeed I authored!

I swear by my love;
I know no other face except
your moonlight countenance, which never allows me
any wanton delight other than drinking honey,
your cherry blossom smile spills over.

My love! I know no other place
except your heart's tender couch, where I luxuriate,
like a cuckoo cooing from a sheltered grove.

My love! I know no other fire barring the fire of love
burning bright your radiant form;
let that fire devour me alive;
for this hapless creature longs, once again,
to rise from the ashes.

Judge Me

Judge me once, at least; if you wish.
Scoop me out of your dark niche ever stinking
with isolation and throw me out, bag and baggage,
and see for yourself, how I can outsmart you
by gate crashing your heart's courtyard
with a moon-lit smile.

Judge me once, at least; if you wish.
Unlock me from your rusty, rickety cage;
and see for yourself, how, gathering spring
to my feet and wings, I can scale to dizzy heights,
far beyond all mortal means
and bounce back, in a while,
from the jewelled gates of blue heaven,
carrying for you in my beak, a letter celestial,
wrapped with a streak of gilded cloud
caressed by sun and wind.

@Dr. Namita Laxmi Jagaddeb

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