The Elusive II

I thought I had found you,
That you were the maiden revealed
The maiden of my dreams.

Yet I left you
But I came back,
For you verses I do write.

But all in vain,
Only to realise
That you are not her,
The maiden still hidden,
The maiden of my dreams.

- Abhishek Takle

The Unfamiliar

Where have you gone, my baby?
I search you out in those naughty eyes
I try to feel you in her touch.

From her voice -
Your playful whisper is missing.
And in my bosom
My heart is bleeding.

Where are you my baby
Whom I hurt over and over again?
Please come back to me.

Why do you hide from me?
Please come back to me -
And take away this unfamiliarity...

- Abhishek Takle

Verses

As night intensifies,
Snuffs out the light within you;
As you shut your heavy, watery eyes,
Lay your troubled self to sleep -

I write a verse
To do battle with the night
That would restore your glowing light.

And when the dark night falls again,
Threatens to snuff out the light,
Just lay yourself down to sleep, my baby,
And verses shall I write.

- Abhishek Takle