Would You Still? – Delhi Poetry Slam

Would You Still?

By Purnima Ray

You, the bearer of stars and its light, 
I talk to thee, in suit of armour bright!

I ain't any perfect painting, to your perfect brush, 
Would you still kiss the strokes of my hopes' blush?  

I utter words defying your ears and soul, 
Would you still dismiss those as a fool's troll?  

I don't believe in your reason and belief, 
Would you still hold me tight, while my scars grief?  

I question the answers of the might of your wings,  
Would you still sing your miracles to let me spring?  

I abhor your plays and chide the relays, 
Would you still shelter me from blaze and colour my greys?  

I lose patience and get upset as if it gnaws at you, 
Would you still stick through, to sort my blues?  

I cry my selfish notes to you as the only note, 
Would you still boast my pages, wherein you wrote?   

I wish to steal your pen and erase me wherever you penned, 
Would you still compose it again as a friend?  

I am no easy book, but glossy yet crumbled page of cover, 
Would you still etch the silent stories like a dreamy lover?   

I dream of universes parallel, rendezvous, snuggling me tightly in its circle, Would you still alter the fate and honour it as eternal?   

I am strange to the petals of trust and love, 
Would you still flower my world from up above?   

I shut you and your world out every now and then, 
Would you still burn the shutting doors to bless my prayers, Amen?


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