For Years

For years I have waited
to catch a glimpse of you
and yet when I am about to
the world begins to fade
and the sea that has been
calm all along with patience
brims with restlessness
rocking the ships that head
from the horizon to the shore
and my wait for you grows

For years I have loved
the essence that the wind
carried from across that seas
from an unseen distant land
emerging from the small
windows of your house
on to those blessed streets
blending with the fragrance
from that mystic city of yours
all the way this hollow ocean

For years I have dived
in the depth of your lovely
eyes that carry with them
the depths of innocence
and with them the hidden
pain of unseen wounds
inflicted by this world
unwarranted yet real
but still you preserved
your innocence in them

For years I have hoped
to live with that innocence
in company of numerous
long curled tresses flowing
with wind that comes here
and yet hiding the sun
and also this moon light
to come and be with me
my being in your presence
when there is nothing else

For years I have lived
hoping as an peacock
ready with colored wings
spread to dance again
at the sight of those clouds
before they begin to pour
on this dry thirsty land
and again have that fragrance
that has waited for years
that has waited for years.