LEAF

The piano sits covered in dust in the archive hearing mummers 

all day  and sees young kids have their 

first kiss, yearning for a set of  fingers

to wipe its dust off and allow it to speak.

The moon waits for the sun, every day

she catches a glance and lets him go 

and every day he tries to reach for her

but can only send her his gaze.

the sea waits for companionship, it must get lonely

all alone and the sky for the sea and how the world is

full of things that we can only see, but never even feel?

and how sculptures  and art speak to you more than humans

ever could while I dance with the ache that you plant 

in me, only nurturing it stronger with every gaze that you put on me 

but let me whisper a secret in your ear: I will stay on the ground, waiting for you to fall on me like a leaf.

                                          - Harika.R

 

Note: pic credits-@alliclaire (Pinterest) when I was looking at my phone randomly ,I opened Pinterest then this photo popped up that's when I wrote this poem with a piece of paper