9/19/11

All I Want is for You to...
By Karishma Shetty


Surprise me with custard apples in April
and snowflakes in Bombay's November.
Find me a flawless orange maple leaf
and ink my back with a black sea horse.

Sing to me with made-up words
and recite about love in a foreign tongue.
Cajole me into wearing fuschia silk
and tie up my hair in an unkempt braid.

Touch me without touching me
I wish to bathe in your warmth.
Spoil me for I can be spoiled
by nothing and everything.

Hold me on the brink of life
and breathe harder when I miss my breath.
Take me back to that little girl
who believed in flying with gossamer wings.


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