Night

 

Night

The night is never scary
It is dark but it doesn’t matter
All quarrels set aside
To seek comfort in one another
 
Night never as evil as the day
For the daylight drives love away
Ensnared in the safety of darkness
Night keeps taboos at bay.
 
Night is full of love and care
Revenge and hatred are saved for the day
The togetherness one seeks
Cherishes and blooms in darkness.
 
But the rays of the sun
Shattered once again
The serenity of the night
Raring to let in the first ray of light
 
The sun like a chauvinist groom
Kiss the darkness, usher in light
And bid adieu to the night
As the day broke, love is set aside for another night.

The sparkle in her eyes

 

The sparkle in her eyes

I looked into her eyes
The sparkle still as bright
I looked closer, the twinkle said it all
Our love will never falter.
 
Her body now frail
Covered up with a shawl
For the winter she could not bear
But there is still the sparkle in her eyes
 
Her chapped lips tucked
Beneath the blunt red lipstick
The stained teeth stashed away
Well covered by these lips.
 
With trembling legs she moved
Clutching her cane
Walked towards me
My stare caught her off guard.
 
I saw a tint of love in her eyes
The love that led us to the garden bench
For twelve years and a half
And then it all ended.
 
And now four decades later
Her chapped lips opened up
And her smile once again
Made us walk the beaten path.