Longing

By Suveni Madan


In shop windows and
Tinted glass
I find more adoration
For the shape I occupy
Than the threads that make up my
Bare essentials.

Infelicitous as is
The treads that make my desire,
It isn’t everyday
That I get to feel whole.
To see whole

Whole of myself
In fanciful, extravagant equanimity.

You are moonglow upon a well,
You are my image in tinted glass,
You are more myself than me.

The only dreams I welcome
Are dreams of God-
But I think of you on purpose,
On purpose- I think of you-
And often.


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