Blisters On My Tongue

Monday mornings brought us happiness like the pigeons bring life to sunrises.
I've seen you smile only on 96 Monday mornings but I've known you at the dead hours.
I've known how you find peace at cathedrals.
I might have seen you look at me only on 7 full moon nights but I've known that you love being rebuked like a kid who didn't finish his homework.

I've known that you smile with teary eyes when you're reminded of springs that brought you eternity in moments.

I might have kissed you only in 3 drunken hours but I have known how you listen to soft music when you're melancholic.

I've known that you find certainty in revolution.
I might have felt your hand against mine only on 14 sultry dusks but I've known that although you like gifts and cherish them time and again, you also like showering happiness in your lover's life with sweet nothings.

I've known how Rabindrasangeet makes you dream of happily ever afters.
I've been in your arms while it rained, thrice and a time more but I've known that you look at puppies like fathers look at their long lost babies.

I've known how impatient you are when you waitfor the arrival of one.
Dawns and rains, evenings and storms,
It's been only a little time
But I can tell you that there are days when you walk and crave to walk more with words of encouragement pouring out of your mouth like nectar sprinkling out of honeycombs.

I can tell you that you're superstitious when it comes to football but can never go beyond logic when it comes to religion.

I can tell you that you hum a single song for days and forget all about it.
I can tell that you sleep with several women and not romanticise once.
I can tell you how happy joint families make you.
I can tell you that spring turns you into a poet and also, makes you want to be a muse..
I can tell you how you love literature behind the curtains
But on a sunny day of spring as this with leaves larking out of their branches, you've bloomed like a rose does when it's cold.

You have become a muse and not known while you sat beside me under the tree seeking tranquility.
~A