O’ My LoveO’ my love, I shall never again
Call on you – heavens are no
Longer ours for a calling, let’s
Forget the time we lost affray
Or may we not forget – memories
Are worth a spell in life, they say
Don’t we have our share as well
Of all those loves lost in the past
Now, only in death shall I see you
My love, after my eyes close its
Last lash to this world that slay
Me of my dreams -- vanquished
And if you so wish, only after death
Shall you see me- after my lips slide
Vulnerably to a drooping jaw, letting
Off the stale air that life filled in me
Only after death shall you touch me
My love, after my skin sweats its
Vacant warmth, after my feet would
Freeze to a kindly sub-zero cold
Then, my spirit shall await yours
And we may go together, if you so wish
To a world where no eyes and ears
Shall mind us, with alms and qualms!
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74 comments:
very deep...
i loved the second verse a lot...
its like the final words to a lover, from her... at her deathbed... donno if i am right though... but it was what i felt...
very nicely penned...
Hi Vinay,
Your post-card looks nice :)
Thank you for coming...
second -verse -- is perhaps the only one that holds HOPE in it, no?
I too loved that...
was caught by a devil in the wee hours, and was about killed..but poetry is my lifeline :)
Am glad that you liked it..
wishes,
devika
very touching!!! nicely conjured!!
;-))
Words are beautifully woven. Very deep!
Hi Deep/Venus
Any emotion that touches me goes deep in me..to a depth that I myself am not very aware of most of the time...
And then writing it out, is a release and it no longer remains in me in the same depth..
Venus, i know you write poetry...hope you undersatnd what i mean...
Deep, i find in you an insensitivity or insensibility that I cannot fully understand or appreciate..i am sorry.
btw, glad to note that both of liked it...
wishes,
devika
Your poetry is always very powerful, nice one!
Hi Nick,
Thank you for reading and am glad you liked it..
Poetry is powerful, may be because I am not that so...and I try to gain some strength from words :)
"In the beginning was the Word. The Word was God." John 1.1
It can't be wrong :)
wishes, Nick
devika
You've shown beautifully how Love never dies ...Lovely Devika :)
Forgot to mention the artistry in this photo is amazing...beautifully rendered!
prophes...the Wv says ;)
I like the images you have brought in here. Also, like vinay says, I assume, it should be good to hear from a lover, when you've gotten rid of all masks you'd been wearing hitherto. Very nice read!
Hi Lorraine,
Thank you for reading and the comment, Lorraine...am happy you liked it..
I do not know if love dies or not..but for the missteps in your life, if my love and company helps..i will be only happy to offer it now..not after death :)
"prophes...the Wv says ;)" -- i didn't get that fully...if you mean to say practice -- my above reply suffice i think...
btw what/who's this Wv??
be more clear with me Lorraine -- i am dumbhead in a vague world..
love,
dev
Hi Rukhiya,
Thank you for reaching out to this blog...i am a bit surprised you could find this only now..infact in the past 1-2 months much of the activity was here :)
anyway, your comment makes me laugh Rukhiya...
you know me?
How I mask myself to me lover?? You know when i was in love??
you know if its still alive??
Rukhiya....dear girl, don't try to read a human mind in a few words that are published...
Know what, i read somewhere..that saying the truth is the best way to fool a world...now I know how true it is!!
and Rukhiya, if I remain Devika and a very feminine self, which I like to be (though the feminist at times come out) -- i will wear a trillion mask to a world that tries to tear my million masks...
and I understand femininity is not the lack of mind, but the concealment of it....
IF that's the case -- what do you say??
to each his/her own, right?
and that we have already agreed...i think!
anyway, thank you...am gald you liked it..
wishes,
devika
As vinay said, I totally agree. Very sad, emotional but the longingness keeps her waiting to join him soon.
Hi Priya,
"Very sad, emotional but the longingness keeps her waiting to join him soon"--
IN DEATH, RIGHT??
YES...
BUT I HOPE WE ARE ON THE SAME LINES AS TO WHO MY LOVER IS!!!
Thanks Priya for reading...
wishes,
devika
its sad & beautiful
Hi Kai, dear...
thank you for reading and the kind comment dear...
nice to know you found it beautiful, sad i was :)
not now, but when i was writing it...
thank you dear,
love,
devika
:-) nice job
oh wow, this on surely stirred my emotions... is that how love is supposed to end?
very well done.
btw, if i may add: Wv - word verification. lorraine told you what her word verification was, and it's kind of fascinating, don't you think?
very emotional!
Hi Rakesh,
its so nice to have you here again...thanks you Rakesh :-)
you are back into blogging? i'll see during the day...
and yeah, am glad that you liked this..
wishes,
devika
Hi Polona,
Thank you dear for coming and the comment..
Love isn't a well researched subject by me, Polona...
oh, Word verification -- thank you Polona for the clarifiation-- Lorraine is too funny :)
Do anybody note them at all..i seldom...except once or twice she asked me to...
but, yeah...if its given a thought..this one is definitely fascinating...something to be given a thought about :)
wishes,
devika
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for coming and the comment..
if love isn't about emotions, what is it about -- makes me wonder :)
thanks again,
wishes,
devika
To Ms. Devika
Your poems walk slowly, smoothly, silently as a river flowing in the early morning.
Naval Langa
Hi Naval,
As you see it, Naval...
thank you for reading so early in the morning...:)
wishes,
devika
Phew! Devika Chechi! These are very intense lines which convey a very deep meaning! It is a reflection of a soul on its path to ascension!
Very well written!
Hi Rak!
All the men i have come across or read or seen at a distance through friends...have only said "phew" to such emotions, Rak...
so that makes me smile :)
My husband read it and took a promise from me that I will not counter him again when he would say I'm the most silly woman on this earth...I had to agree
it's then that realised i'm at an advantage -- NOW, he will not call be silly!! :)
all the while i used to try convincing him how serious i'm, when he calls me silly :)
soul and its path -- i'll study that if I am to live after 60/65...and how young or old i feel at that age...sure, all these are going to be my study material :)
thanks Rak...for coming and the comment
love,
devika
Surely it does not matter who the lover is--any of us who has been deeply in love could feel that longing to be reunited after death--because love is eternal.
And I feel you are describing a depth of feeling, more than a situation...
Now as to the identity of that devil...?
It almost felt like the SOUL was writing this post. So deep n beautiful!
Keshi.
Hi Firebird,
my dear, you wouldn't leave me so easily, i know :)
well was it a feeling or a situation -- does one having a feeling without a situation ...makes me wonder, need to think about it :)
identity of the devil ---
so many devils after me to take my life- i myself am confused...
(but yes, i had one in my mind when i wrote this -- remember our dream of sitting under the tree and chatting -- if that dream works out, i will tell you then -- haha...
love, my bird
devika
Hi Keshi dear,
thank you for coming...
aren't we women just souls when in love-- though not understood well by the souls of the opposite sex :)
i knew you would like it..but glad when you come and say that..
love,
devika
I am agree with Leo......It seems that you love poems a lot......
Hi Deepak!
You get me right, dear friend
I love poems so much ..and it often becomes a life-line for me...
either in reading or in writing...
thank you for reading
wishes,
devika
i loved the dissatisfaction and restlessness..:)
Hi Nivedita
Thank you for reading...
Nice to know...this poem was about putting to rest those aspects:)
now i love and am thankful to God for the peace of mind..if it were not for Him i wouldn't have written this, i believe
thanks Nivedita,
btw, i miss to reach your place..will do that sometime soon..now at work
wishes
devika
ahhh that's the WV you were talking about on my blog...sorry sweetie I always tend to shorten everything and wrongly assume everyone knows what I mean lol Thanks a lot to Polona for the clarification ;)
hahaha Lorraine...
You may assume that with all, but not me, dear..
Synonyms never click me..even with laugh out loud..i like it saying in full :))
thanks dear, so nice of you to come to say that...
love,
dev
Deep indeed! very moving and triggering !
Hi Namaki!
Welcome here, and thank you for reaching out...
Nice to have that comment from you :)
wishes,
devika
Well, when I said 'you' I did not mean to direct it to you. I do not know you, nor was I trying to read you. I was talking entirely about the poem and the characters there in. We all like to keep our masks Devika.
"Everyone of us is unique, like everyone else".
You might not agree. Wholly my preferred perception.Thanks :)
yes i have gone romantic
just like you!:)
Hi Rukhiya,
Its always nice when you come back with a clarification..to me it means the link would remain :) (
(even if it doesn't -- no issues with me..)
"Everyone of us is unique, like everyone else".You might not agree. Wholly my preferred perception." ---
I never disagree with some one, when it doesn't affect me...and none the least on personal perceptions, Rukhiya :)
wishes,
devika
Hi Kai dear...
That's something very nice to know, my dear
but this "just like you!" -- seems that romance made you crazy!! :)
love,
devika
Beautifully melancholy. How love
is so strong, even afer we have
entered another place, love continues to linger and grow
even stronger.
Hi Cynthia,
Thank you for coming and the reading Cynthia...
Glad that you liked it :)
btw, when i tried to reach your blog..it said access denied or something like that...i couldn't...will try again..
wishes,
devika
:) thats true. men r not very emotional and often fail to u'stand a woman's feelings.
btw come n check out my Update...u won too hehe.
Keshi.
Hi Keshi, dear...
when you come back you always make me laugh...but, this time let me smile :)
men are a good lot dear, its a woman's job tomake them wonderful..because women hold the prefix 'wo' of/for men :)
that we are their backbone, is a different story :))
i've seen the update...you are a wonderful girl Keshi...now i would say, stay a lover forever- don't get married...
marriage kills love in a woman..
i was lucky and my love stays alive because my husband is a 'certain kind of man' :)
of course there are other certain kinds...and when you find yours do get married..in this world, its safe for a woman to be married :)
love you, dear
devika
hehehe tnxx Devika!
** stay a lover forever- don't get married...
thats exactly how I see myself right now. I dunno abt the future tho.
anyways ty fo rur advice and Im glad ur husband is a wonderful person :)
Keshi.
In the absence of breath, and depth of death, a missed relationship is still anticipated. Good expression, Devika.
Hi Keshi,
Good decision dear..Its good not to bind time of the future
‘Im glad ur husband is a wonderful person” – not so much when it comes to certain aspects of life..calls for a kick, but then its part of the game, no?
I get my even share as well :)
Love,
devika
Hi Cyclop!
Oh! After a long while..thanks for coming dear friend. :)
And the comment – “In the absence of breath, and depth of death, a missed relationship is still anticipated.” – didn’t get about whom you are talking about…
Okay from a writer-reader perspective, let me assume its between us -- [ofcourse, it goes without saying that it wouldn't be a heavenly love affair :)]
I was always there with the absence of my breath here at my blogs and there at yours…its you who went away....
I might have said something for you to go…but then so many times I had been there..anyway, past is past…future is not ours…then what do we have?? A moment split between past and future…called the present. Let’s have it for us :)
Btw, this expression “In the absence of breath, and depth of death” -- it suits so well for the virtual world Cyclop…
even in real world life it goes well..but somehow to me it seems made-to-order for Blogworld..
Thanks Cyclop for coming and the comment :)
Wishes,
devika
just fyi: i am busy at present and have very little spare time. but i still post on my photo blog if you wish to kep in touch ;)
so sad and so deep!
thank you, Devika!
Hi Polona,
thats so nice of you...i got the message at the other...you are kind of an addiction since i seen you ;)
i'm on the way there, dear
wishes,
devik
Hi Angelika,
Welcome dear, no nice to see you here..
I'm glad you liked it :)
wishes,
devika
There is some marvellous word play here, that intensifies the emotion expressed. Especially these notions:
after my eyes close its
Last lash to this world that slay
Me of my dreams -- vanquished
letting
Off the stale air that life filled in me
after my skin sweats its
Vacant warmth
where no eyes and ears
Shall mind us, with alms and qualms!
Very finely constructed!
Hi Usha!
Thank you for reading this...
You have a fine selection of lines that forms the central thread of the poem...glad to see that, Usha
To the civil engineer i'm contruction follows conception helped by perception. :)
and they used to say, i had a fine design sense in civil construction..
i thought of extending it to poetry..glad you found it fine here too..
thank you for coming, and glad when you come you spend quite a bit of time to read quite a few..
i like to visit my regulars regularly and comment on their works regularly...
anyway, thanks for time..
wishes,
devika
wishes,
devika
So deep and beautiful.. love it:))
Thanks Devika:)
Take care
Hi Samrina!
thank you for coming dear..
am glad that you liked it :)
wishes,
devika
wow!wonderful verses...keep writing devika:))
mirage:))
Devika--I truly was meaning to say how I loved the images in your poem--
Usha picked out the lines that impressed me the most!
..I hope it's not too late to put in my humble compliment, also!
Hi Devika,
Absolutely fantastic post! Good job!
Great! Keep writing…….
Good week………
Thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind comment. I just checked all of your blogs and they are great!
Hi Mirage,
where were you??
and now coming to say keep writing!?
i had been seriously writing all my years since i was 18 ...but never published...
now planning to publish posthumous..
infact i am almost that level..entering an other life! :)
devika
Hi Firebird,
Nice to know you are in unision with Usha..she writes good poetry..i would recommend you should read her :)
On your compliments -- going back to the lesson from Samson and Delilah--"It's Never Too Late" :)
anyway, thanks for this return visit, dear...
when trying to read 'vague movements' (courtsey Gautami Tripathy's One-fourth of a Poem)
one really gets confused as to who is a friend or an enemy or a spy...
anyway, for the email personal communication we had ..i have no confusion about you, my dear bird...even if, i'll take someone is behind you...correct me if i am wrong..you have all right and freedom to do so...
and I shall take your word, without a question.
love,
devika
Hi Susan,
You seem to be a master of all trades...i am only a jack of all and master of none...
my trials and tribulations with life and the world...if you found them great.i need to have a relook at them :))
btw, the vegetable art there -- fabulous, i would say..i need to see the other blogs..will do sometime later
wishes,
devika
Then, my spirit shall await yours
And we may go together, if you so wish
To a world where no eyes and ears
Shall mind us, with alms and qualms!
hmm! What a soul searching lines! Beautiful. It gives immensely feeling!!
Wish you get what you want
Hi Maddy! (Corrections)
Thank you for coming..this time i'm glad that you have been a bit too kind with your reading...
I mean if its the same Maddy who has been commenting earlier at my other posts...
btw, i understand your reading was to wish me what I want..not to appreciate the poetry...
I am grateful for that..though i wish if it were the other way round..
And on the wish -- Even I too think GOD will not be that indifferent or unkind to me after Death...
BUT THEN -- if I were to get what I want before my death..Dear Maddy, the list is quite long..and many of it I have myself written off!...NO HOPE OR SCOPE!!
NO issues, as they say Life is Like That...
OR in the least -- Life COULD be like that also..
anyway, thanks again
wishes,
devika
Final Destination: A 'Trans-Love Airways' Poem!:)
HAHAAHA HAHAHHAH
My husband is asking, if I have gone mad with blogging...earlier he is to ask: "are you crazy!?"
But, you bring such laughter -- I can't help laughing out loud...
TRANS-LOVE AIRWAYS (Via Slovenia)- if I may add :)))
thank you, Borut..
wishes,
devika
see your comment their...the other reason i laughed.
just as poem reader and a romantic guy i liked the poem. I actually didnt read the poem in pretext of female gender writing this poem. but i did when i read your comment to Keshi - aren't we women just souls when in love-- though not understood well by the souls of the opposite sex :)
nice poem, and i almost made a comment to you reply to keshi but restircted. Thatz not the subject of discussion in your page . Isnt it ?
I think i am pooking too much in your comments section than your poems. Will be restricted
No issues, anyways KS...
just that i may reply as it comes to my mind...you may or may not agree...
there is always scope for Rule of Exception in my world, dear...
nothing so static
nothing so dynamic...
its all a constant flux :)
you into engineering, i know...mechanical?
devika
Truly powerful and moving. Such truth and passion. Sadness woven within.
Hi GZ,
Thank you so much for reading..
But when you say this to me now, I really do not feel the same way when I wrote it..Seems like I have long since entered a new life...
But yes, the world that constantly interferes in another's life and dream --That REMAINS a much HATED aspect...
I am straight with what I have to say... you may not like it; but hope you understand..
The problem is GZ, in this world of ours, atleast for us in India..people learn a lesson ONLY WHEN IT HAPPENS TO THEM...
Like, they are concerned of terrorism only when a bomb explode at the tip of their nose...
But you have many talking on the media...in the most voracious terms..
anyway, i sometimes
feel so upset with the way things are, I too am inclined to talk...knowing talking doesn't help :)
wishes,
devika
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