ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON

ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON

THE EXALT OF LOVE

Exalt and delight fill up my whole body

With violent pulses

That I have to close my eyes

And take the time to breathe

Till I feel like I can be steady

Again!

It is as if butterflies have invaded my heart

Making me feel as light as air

Tingling me as to cause me

To be totally detached from reality

And to be constantly

Swirling in another!

Why, love has struck my very depth

Love, has bid me to stand on high cliffs

And dream of it being eternal

Love, has bid me to watch waves crashing on shores

And want to be one of its foams

Constantly engaged in ecstatic love making

With the expanse of the ocean!

Why, love

Has bid me to want to speak to the moon

So that it discloses to me the state of the beloved

Love, so like a ruling King

Has captured me and has thrown me

In its dungeon

Meant to be a slave of it, forever!

Pray,

Exalt and delight fills up my whole body

And I can only

Let go of my obligations

To let myself

React to it!

THE COLORS OF MY HEART

I refuse to look at the lover

For his eyes

His presence

His stature

His whole essence

Makes me feel that

The ground is sliding beneath my feet

And would swipe me away with it!

I refuse to look at the lover

For my cheeks would turn crimson

And my eyes would sparkle

Giving him a show

Of what goes on in me

When it concerns him!

But it would seem that

It is useless to keep my eyes rooted to the floor

The lover minds it not

That I look not at him

As romantic as charm itself

And as experienced as existence itself

He easily draws me to him

And bids me

To unveil the colors of my heart

To be used

To paint a living portrait

In that of his!

  I CHOOSE TO LOVE

A magical pen in hand

I set out to draw of love

As I wanted it to be!

Love, I draw

Was even more fragranced that flowers

Love, I draw

Was even more rigid that Time and its structure

Love, I draw

Was fairer than summer

Love, I draw

Was deeper that the most abysmal pits

Love, I draw

Was more expansive than the entire universe!

Love then took shape

And turned out to be Life

Why, it whispered to me

Before disintegrating into the surroundings

To be is to love

Pray, do love all that live

Yes, do love all

Love life

As it is

Even if sometimes it becomes a weight on the heart

Even if at other times, it bids you to shed tears of blood

And even if in the end

It shall only take from you

And cause you to realize

That it was all ephemeral!

Why, I threw my magical pen in a pond

I would need it not

To draw of that which complements my life

For I do choose to love!

ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON

ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON is a Primary School Educator in Mauritius.  She writes poetry and short stories as hobby.  She considers writing to be the meaning of her life as she has always been influenced by all the great writers and wishes to be, like them, immortalized in her words.  Her works can be read on poetrysoup.com and she had also appeared in various literary magazines like SETU, Different Truths, Dissident Voice, In Between Hangovers Press.  She has also been published in Duane’s Poetree and also in two anthologies for the Immagine and Poesia group.  Her poems are often placed in free online contests.