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Matters o’ the Heart

Arun Kapoor



Copyright © 2010 by Arun Kapoor



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Note: The usage of few Hindi words transliterated into English (italicized) in the poem ‘A Lot Has Changed’ is intentional. The reader can ask any Hindi-speaking friend for their meanings.



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New Beginnings



Its late night and my sleepless head is throbbing with pain

But strangely my mind seems to be as clear as summer rain



I guess its been a while since I have felt so

Trust me the feeling's really nice though



Talking to you today seemed so easy

Once again the idea of facing life dint seem crazy



All we did was sip coffee and chat about things

And what all situations in front of us life brings



Darling you come across as someone genuine and stable

Not to mention extremely sweet and adorable



I must tell you I think it will be fun to be with you

But I really don't know whether you think so too



While I don't know how things will move forward for you and me

But I do think something good can come to be



I guess I should sleep now or this headache won't end

I hope you smile though when this to you I finally send



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Silent Whispers



Engulfed in a blanket of

Darkness,

Deep and eternal,

I lie...

Sleep so nigh

But not quite there...



Echoes from the depths of

Past,

Absolute and faded,

I hear...

Silence so absolute

But transitory still...



Enraged plethora of

Questions,

Confused and long,

I ask...

Soothing answers so close

But drift away...



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Of You



Of dreams torn apart

By that fickle lady...

Time



Of promises now broken

By that cruel monster...

Change



Of relentless frustrating sighs

In that unyielding wait...

Hopelessness



Of words seldom spoken

In that incomplete emotion...

Love



Has become My life

Waiting, waiting desperately, for...

You



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Of Confusion And Love

As I sit thinking of you,

All those times I feel lost

And I think what I want most,

Without having a clue



Its the eyes I think,

That most beautiful gaze

Which leaves me in a daze,

And a little more in the ocean of your love, I sink



Suddenly flashes then a smile,

On those honey-sweet lips

Like a fuse, my heart trips,

And my mind shuts off for a while



And then I see that expression so sweet,

How can you be so beautiful?

It makes me feel so wonderful,

Knowing you to be mine is a delicious treat



I then feel confused no more,

Having figured out what I really want

Living without you is unimaginable, I can’t,

Its you I want with all my heart and my core



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A Walk Through The Woods



Its a nonchalant summer evening

With confused golden rays of sun

Filtering from behind,

The clouds so dense and dark…



Its a long winding road

Like a black snake in hot desert sand

Writhing through,

The forest so dense and dark…



Its not a horizon of gold and black

But a dark green wall of leaves

Engulfing everything in,

A curtain so dense and dark…



Its dark and dense and dense and dark

I grapple for a reason why I am walking on

Perhaps, perhaps,

Sometimes there is no reason…



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A Lot Has Changed




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