~ An Escape! ~

~ An Escape! ~

A wanton thought, resonates several notches high

And a gasp, finds one happy seat …

Mouth open wide, twiddling tongue inside

Like a catfish in a tiny, dingy fishbowl

Whose shooting star is on a lazy sabbatical!

I scramble from wall to wall,

Scraping the varnish to get out,

And the round glass bowl— it seethes morosely …

A windy patio or a concealed courtyard,

Grapes laden vineyard— even better

Waft of sweet-tangy air,

Crossing my feral mud-trail,

And I pounce on the wandering slice,

To inhale it … deep and sharp!

I need to breathe,

And to stretch my impatient arms,

For a thought,

A raw, visceral thought of you—

Innate craving for your piquant smell

When yawns unkindly in my heart,

My chest gets tight and burdened,

Willing to swell and expand

And dark, dull yearnings pool deep in my belly,

Billowing warm jitters kiss my sweaty hands,

And I shiver …

To elope, and fade away,

Covet then my frenetic feet—

Either in you, such a mellow land,

Where sun and moon graze the sheathed lies

Or to a wild, windswept fabled ground,

Never known or sought by any cultured eyes!