Love Poem: Animated Absence
Subimal Sinha-Roy Avatar
Written by: Subimal Sinha-Roy

Animated Absence


My hibernating heart, 
frozen in arctic horizon,
wakes up enlivened 
in dazzling dawn,
the yearning brush soaks 
the sunburst colors,
paints a Monet garden 
of blooming lavender love,
unfurls the facsimile 
of your floral face, 
          adroitly appealing.

The luring luster 
of lilac rose petals 
lines your luscious lips,
quivering with the cadence 
of the dancing dew,
turning to pearls
for you.
Rhapsodic ripples 
in my mesmerized heart’s 
pictorial dunes
trail in dormant dream
the mirage moments,
migrating in deserted time, 
shimmering in euphoria, 
          endlessly enchanting. 

In the velvet vale 
of satin desire,
my fascinated mind 
fashioned by fervor,
carves a charming channel 
of longing to reach you.
The climbing cloud 
of my craving 
comes down in a torrent,
makes my melodic love 
a meandering river,
etching an exciting template,
the enticing design
          earnestly enthralling.

In my pensive pasture 
the panorama appears 
alluringly contrived, 
apparently alive
in recess of sanguinity,
where I wait 
to take you 
to the valley of flowers, 
entrance you 
with my animated absence,
          eternally eluding.