WAITING

No one gives her
what she needs after a day's
hard work in lab--
a lover, a good night's sleep
and it passes again, waiting


--R.K.SINGH

WISP OF MEMORY

I stopped having dreams
she doesn't visit me in my sleep

there's no love making
nor the night of her first meeting

time seems to collapse
I can't breathe for two any more

with forced libido
I can't sense beyond the body

the rain on the jetty
resounds a wisp of memory


--R.K.SINGH

GOD AN EMPTY WORD

Plodding away
at season's conspiracies
life has proved untrue
with God an empty word
and prayers helpless cries


--R.K.SINGH

Holi Excess

Love runs awry
in the name of Holi
yields to revelry
of color and sex:
they excuses all excess


--R.K.SINGH

HOLI

Gulal
cloud the temple precincts:
worm moon

--R.K.SINGH

NOT YET

It's not yet over
sex is eternal delight
I wait till next night

--R.K.SINGH

LEAVES

Dusty leaves
break days of silence:
spring's first rain

--R.K.SINGH