Love Poem: Shades of Love
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Written by: Probir Gupta

Shades of Love

A handful of stars 

In the right pocket of my trouser

Eliminating all the tsars

Inside the child of wild world

Time in a swirl

And another handful of moon pieces

Bridges and beaches

In the left pocket

My room in a small shanty

Is now free

In a living spree

To rush into the Mediterranean Sea

With thee

You may ask

On the litchi why the bee

Well, my answer in cherry glee

For the sake of a cup of coffee

Along with a slice of infinity

In between your lips



Cloud laden ships 

Towards an apocalypse

With a view to the blossoming of a

New bliss

Into the supreme kiss of your love

From my fragments 

Towards a fulfilling completeness

O my My princess



O my prince

The glints in your eyes

As the clouds clapped that day

Inviting the bouquet of flash

Splashed red and amber

In my colourless solitary waters

Providing me a harbour

Of green rhythm

Of yellow yolk

Of crimson blossoms

And quatrain of early baroque


It was an amber encounter

Amidst the beats of the drummer

The iron anchor held the boat fast

As water swelled the boat swung

Just slowly

Crimson exchange of air in the lung



I am sorry my love, she said

In her sparkling smile her body spread

The other day in the pinewood

When I saw you with Clara

Drinking Vodka

In sleeveless blouse and shorts

I was almost in a trauma

I misunderstood

In fact it was my mania

I was possessive and jealous

You were almost faultless


Holding her chin he said
Forget the conflict and look ahead
That is very normal with all of us
Irrespective of gender this fuss 
Develops in our mind invariably
Making us excited and melancholy
Didn’t I accuse you of adultery
With your cousin William Henry
Merely finding you two lying
Like summer both faces shining
We have resolved these issues
Already, let’s therefore choose
To move beyond what is dross
As we have already come across
The solid gold in each other
Let’s preserve the stuff and lustre

Well said, sweet heart, come and love me more
Like the stars, look above, how they caress the sky
We have to go a long way together under the amber sun
Many pearls of mine you will come to know and understand
Many umbrellas I have seen in your personality that I will need
In moments when we are worried for life is never always honeyed

Yes my love
We’ll no more waste time
Let my shaft of sunshine
Mix in your wine
Life calls us
Under its tree
Of ecstasy


September 30, 2017
For the Contest:Love for movie screens
Prompt :First Image of Silent One