Dear Valentine...

Ramendra Kumar (India, 14/02/06)

The lilting echo

Of your footsteps,

Reverberating

In the empty recesses,

Of my mind.

Like a mirage

Chasing

A shadow

I am

In an endless

Pursuit.

The sensuous

Caress

Of your lips,

A tenuous link

With reality.

Like henna

From your hands

My memories,

Fading

With time.

Like a tattoo

Carved on my psyche

Your memories,

Everlasting…

Eternal….