VATSALARADHAKEESOON

Vatsala

Radhakeesoon

MATURE LOVERS

On the sunny sandy beach

In their relaxing moods

sit two mature lovers|

holding hands

The names of ex-lovers

The memories of youth’s

obsessiveness, illogical follies

are no longer taboos

between them

Together they  laugh them off

They’ve learnt that

life is never a straight line

but rocky and marshy lands

have to be crossed first

before strolling amidst

smooth greenness

Wisdom flashing in their eyes

Unanimously they whisper

“We let it go – irreversible Past

We are the power of  Present.”

DAYS OF YOUTH

Days of youth

Days when love

was the aim

Looking in your eyes

for hours…

Was time endless

or has it stopped?

My long hair

caressing your chest

Your strong arms

wrapped around me

In Love’s silence

we gazed at the stars

“Can you see the moon?”

I asked

For me you invented one

amidst the moonless sky

Magical was your love

Even our mystic motherland

sang our love

Now you’re gone

to a land foreign to me

but  you call  it your home

Now youth has gone

as well

But amidst my hair grey

when I miss you

I listen to the ghazals

that we have shared

I’m never scared of

getting old

but when I miss you

I can hear days of youth

calling me

I smile

and lost in a soliloquy

I whisper

“ Can you see the moon ?”

A GENTLE LOVE BREEZE

Agentle love breeze blows in your life,

It spreads the sweetest of emotions,

It kindles the flame of passion.

Like the bee that wanders off towards the rose –

the red rose,

you wander off towards my lips –

my thin lips.

A gentle love breeze blows,

It blows again,

It makes them part,

It presses them together bringing a kiss.

Like a protective man,

Like one who’s trying to protect his beloved,

your arms tighten around my waist –

my feminine waist.

A gentle love breeze blows,

It continues to blow,

It wraps us in a blanket of love,

It makes us closer and closer to each other,

It makes us enjoy every intimate moment together.

( from my self –published book When Solitude Speaks- 2013)

Copyright Permission given by author (myself)

VATSALARADHAKEESOON

VATSALARADHAKEESOON: Born in Mauritius in 1977, VatsalaRadhakeesoon is the author of the poetry books When Solitude Speaks (2013) and Depth of the River ( July 2017). She is the representative of Immagine and poesia (Italy based literary artistic movement) for Mauritius. Her works also regularly appear in online literary journals, magazines and blogs such as Setu, Indiana Voice Journal, Dissident Voice , Tuck Magazine , Destiny Poets and others. Vatsala is currenly self-employed and continues to write poems in English, Kreol, French and Hindi.