SUMMER AFTERNOON..

Despicable summer afternoons sweat and fret, catch me in a humid trap

tracing your whereabouts as I pour on the map

i measured the distance slowly to you, my treasure

and my fingers aren't that strong enough for all hardships to bear

wishing there were no mountains nor deserts between us

in my last letter , 

had chosen some words from my collection

to make my heart calm, release it from fetters

so you too know that the past is what we have

maybe not yours, but both of ours together

it's just a heart full of love that I can afford, 

and too late to get you back with just my words

sending a photo of us in lovelorn days, in each other's embrace under a heavy monsoon sky 

words of the past, emotion laced, still soothe  my heart!

©®Madhumita