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THE
PRODIGAL LOVER
by
Rumjhum Biswas
i)
Proposition
Will
you wait for me
in the garden?
Will
you sing your
song for me?
My
heart is thirsting
for strange refreshment
And,
my flesh hungers
for company.
Standing
solitary against
a tree
In
a copse all moist
and gnarled
A
hundred shadows
cling to me
On
my brow glistens
beads of blood
Once,
in starlight I
had bathed my
dreams
Far
away now, those
stars creep across
the sky
The
stardust they
shed humbles my
soul
Their
spear points of
dazzle pierce
my eyes.
How
long have I stood
in solitary musing,
How
long have I shivered
in the cold?
In
shame of my flesh
cringed my heart,
At
the bleeding of
my heart rejoiced
my soul.
I
craved for those
forbidden answers
That,
in clandestine
emotions live
Yet,
I sought this
one furtive favor,
that
I
know, only you
should give –
So
will you wait
for me in the
garden?
Will
you sing your
song for me?
Even,
when my heart
thirsts for strange
refreshment
And,
my flesh hungers
for company...
ii)
Retribution
True
to your heart,
you waited
In
answer to my call
You
waited alone and
cold, until
Spring
withered into
fall.
While,
I the fool went
wandering
Still
thirsting for
strange refreshment
Seeking
with neither staff
nor sight
Heedless
of my own torment
Slowly
my garden turned
bleak and ashen
My
songbirds were
stilled with shame
You
fled, leaving
that gate wide
open
with
the dead leaves
whispering your
name...
In
all my wanderings,
no stars shone
How
I yearned for
their spear points
of light
My
dreams held the
taste of sawdust
Ghoulish
shadows howled
to my soul at
night.
Unbidden
echoes pounded
my mind.
Forbidden
motives beckoned
from corners
But
my heart looked
sun ward for warmth
and light
And
my flesh disdained
all furtive favors.
Then
at last I returned
to my garden
Yes
there, where I
had first sung
my song
Callous
to my thirsting
that had always
Been
for you –
the one to whom
I belong.
Now
with my blood
I tend my garden
So
the flowers may
once more call
the bees
Now
my heart, will
you to live in
my garden?
Now
will you sing
your song for
me?
©
2008 by
Rumjhum Biswas
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