Emergence

Dreaming about you
And your emergence---
Like a lotus towards the sky;
Also, like the legendary sword of King Arthur's. 

Dreaming about you...
You--standing near the wall,
Your face towards the window;
Your bare back....
I couldn't see clearly
as the room was not lighted enough.

You called
You invited
To witness your emergence---
Your "Coming Out"!

I saw and 
I liberated myself
from the shackle of my pain and helplessness.

Your bare back changed color
As it gradually turned dark Prussian Blue to Jet Black
I felt some salty drops on my cheek
And my eyes couldn't see anything anymore
Except a heavy black curtain

Dreaming about you
And your emergence---

Lucknow, India

Home Coming & Coming Out

I would wait
I would wait calmly, patiently,
for the rain.
for your COMING OUT.

It feels like I have been standing at one place
and I have lost any sense of time;
I have been standing under a tree---
and waiting for your Spring to come!

Would you COME? Would you?
Would you hold my hand and take me
to a place where it always rains behind the rainbow.

Please COME OUT
and spread your wings like me
Please come out in your birthplace;


What could be more pleasant
To COME OUT in your native town.

Lucknow, India