LILY
SWARN
I Waited
I waited
till the waters reversed back to the arid streams
After the
torrid heat of summer months
I waited
till the moon grew sliver by sliver
Plumping
up with silvery moonlight on fragrant nights
I waited
till the tear drops burst like rainbow bubbles
And dried
like streaks on my glistening cheeks
I waited
till the heart burnt into a cinder in the furnace
Deep in
the shadowy sitting room in the sobbing hills
Copyright
Lily Swarn23.7.2020
The Book Of Life
She never
stops teaching me
Relentlessly
prodding and pushing me
My book
of life walks the dingy gullies with me
It lights
up my path and opens the windows
Letting
in the breeze of experience
She sits
me down and lectures me
About the
vagaries of destiny
She is
like my persistent mother
The book
of life loves me
It gifts
me presents in gossamer wraps
And
whisks me away to never land.
Copyright
Lily Swarn 22..7.2018
Kataar (Dagger)
Musical
pitter patter of prattling rain
Soaking
the satin skin of my being
Gusts of
confetti spraying petals
Salmon
pink with blotches of wine
Jasmine
wooing the breeze with inebriated courtship rituals
Rain tree
soggy, soggy with grief
You could
have crooned me a thhumri today
The one
you sang on the terrace that dusk
As my
tender, trusting, timorous eyes
Were set
aflame by the fiery rays of the somnolent sun
“Koyaliya
mat kar pukaar
Morey
karejwa laagey kataar”
Copyright
Lily Swarn 21.7.2020
LILY
SWARN
LILY
SWARN: Internationally acclaimed, Multilingual poet,
author, columnist, Peace Ambassador, radio show host, motivational speaker is a
gold medalist and has University Coolers for Best Actress and Histrionics. She
is Ambassador of Peace and Humanity for Ghana, Morocco. Her book, “A Trellis of
Ecstasy “was lauded by The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, London. “The
Gypsy Trail “, “Lilies of the Valley “, History Om My Plate” have rave reviews.
Lily has won 45 International and national awards. Her poetry has been
translated into 16 languages and her Urdu ghazals sung.
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