Poetry Corner* Dr. Archan Mehta

 

 Love Song For Lavanya Lahiri

Lavanya, when we were together

I could not say

The things I needed

To say: so, instead,

I wrote you this poem.

Lavanya, I know now,

From having known you

For so long, that the sun

Sits gently on your fair,

Young and innocent shoulders

And sensitively touches your

Skin and how that makes you

Feel blessed, as if you are chasing

Butterflies and playing with bunny

Rabbits smack dab in the middle

Of the proverbial Garden of Eden.

Lavanya, every breath I take reminds

Me of you: the way you would play

With your long, jet-black hair,

Your laughter when you found

My joke funny, even your human imperfections

Had men chasing after you like panting

Dogs frothing at the mouth.

Lavanya, I remember now how

Your dimpled cheeks, when you smiled,

Would chase away the gloomy clouds

From the evil sky and how the demonic

Chills of an icy winter would embrace

You warmly when the rest of us

Foolish mortals had to huddle in

Front of an open fireplace burning

Slowly in my living room.

Lavanya, don’t abandon me

Now for greener pastures

You have discovered on 

Foreign shores: please send me

The sweet perfume of your

Nubile and fertile body to 

Stop me from shivering

Without your company.

Lavanya, I have noticed

That when you are not

Around, the birds outside

My window suffer from

The empty nest syndrome,

The moon, in the night sky,

Suddenly covers her face

And the stars form a constellation:

A portrait of you which lights

Up the darkness enveloping our world.

Lavanya, rest assured, the only way

You can please me would be for

You to ride on a magic carpet

And visit me at home:

Let it be a pleasant surprise,

However, but rest assured,

I will be waiting for you,

My beloved, with a bouquet

Of freshly-cut red roses in

One hand and a bottle of wine

In my other hand: I will, once

Again, welcome you into my

Life with a song on my lips,

A dance in my steps, and we

will be united as if we had

never parted in the first place.

BIO:

Dr. Archan Mehta has earned a PhD. in Management. Currently, he is a Consultant and Writer based in India. In his free time, Dr. Mehta likes to stroll in the outdoors and party with close friends. He is also fond of meditation. Please feel free to reach out to the poet at archanm@hotmail.com at your convenience.