October

You came to pick me up in green
And you came to see me off in ochre 
And so it feels like autumn in my chest 
Now as then
When I count the seconds
Left, till we meet again

This was our first October
With mornings made of sore blanket
Wet cheeks and warm lemon water
Our feet draped in the sunlight 
Filtered through the faded time
Of the year old newspaper 
I wish our nights had been longer
Darker and deeper
Like the colour of your tresses 
And I wish our clock had stuck at 3 am
At that perfect hour 
When dreams take over 
And sleep had no power
 
The gardens we greeted
Those walks that we shared
Two bees out of the beehive
Tasting honey in the air
Weren’t our shadows far too behind
Unable to catch us
As we bartered the sunlight 
Across asphalt alleyways 
With strangers asking directions  
Of far off places 
And tying open shoelaces 
We answered in no
For lost souls we were
With everywhere to go

I can listen to you sleep all night long
But the dreams that I dream of you divides me  
For I remember the first time I saw you 
I was wax in love with the flame
Your face was my life on fire
Your name was the name of my name
And in the blank and silent space
I saw my world being born again
In the fragrance of your hair
I found the petrichor of a long lost rain 

By day and by night 
Through pages blank, white and yellow
I read our destiny 
That started with a hello
But now in this moment 
I am daydreaming like dust
Your love is the water
And my life is its thirst
And the end I foresee;
Is of us lying back in bed
Sharing a single breath
Till all we can say has been said