Poems by Lily Swarn
THIRST
Blighted frost
on squiggly leaves
Melting into
molten silver streaks
Reflecting the moon’s
lonesome journey
across the desolate
star spangled desert
of the
planet ridden sky
Thirsting amidst
the water drenched
earth .
Copyright Lily Swarn 9.7.2016
STRINGS
Strings on guitars
Or on hearts
Need to be strummed
They need a pattern
To create music
Goddess Saraswati
With her veena
Divine music
Wafting
The rockstar
Lost in his world
Long hair
billowing
Whooshing winds
Serenading
the forest
Leafy Raagas
of love
Pining sands
Crooning their
Hearts out in
Manganiyar
sarangis
Pluck them
With tenderness
These strings
And watch them
Tingle your
Senses
Copyright Lily Swarn 9.7.2016
Helter skelter
Cantankerous minds
Maniac morals
Churlishly growing
Vagabond weeds
Helter skelter
Hither thither
higgledy piggledy
Mean and miserly
Groping for morsels
Of love in tit -bits
Hors de oeuvres
Spread thinly
Grimacing mouths
Crinkled eyes
Scrounging attention
Hills of waste
Prowling the night
On padded paws
Feline slyness
Nine lives to live !
Copyright Lily Swarn 8.7.2016
RABAABS
When the world sleeps
The heart dips in slush
Caked and muddy
Emerging statuesque
Makrana marble glazed
Eternal music of Rabaabs
Strumming the strings
Lonesome splendour
Infused with wonder
A million moon rays
Singing a lullaby
From shores of the river
That Sohni crossed
To meet Mahiwal .
Copyright Lily Swarn 15.7.2016