Mihir Kamat

Tag: love

  • Lost words

    Lost words

    I wrote of love all this time
    Never knowing what it stood for
    Or what it meant to someone else

    Those words were flowery
    Buttery, slippery
    Rising with every tender breath
    And falling as the sun goes down

    I wrote of beauty, magnanimity
    Of holding hands and second chances
    And eyes that did most of the talking
    Intoxicated from a simple glance;
    Inebriated without touching a bottle

    Yet today I search for lost words;
    The silence screams at me
    As the paper talks; implores me once more
    To paint a fresco comprising myriad colors

    But all I see is a blank canvas
    Staring back at me, while
    I think of love and the days gone by
    Just left behind
    To my poetic misery.

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat

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  • Tango

    Tango

    The music plays on in the background
    So gentle and serene, yet captivating
    Both feet already catching the bug
    Sway to the tune
    Like a snake charmed by a haunting cadence.

    Playful eyes tiptoe into the moonlight
    Trying to catch another set
    And arrest their attention.
    The gaze wanders across the room
    And rests until it finds
    Another set of feet moving,
    Dilly dallying alongside the beat.

    The eyes like what they see,
    Inspecting their owner.

    Our gazes collide, delicately
    As you shy away, but there’s no going back
    For us both feel the connection
    That the rhythm imposes on us

    We try to pull out all the stops
    And give in to this urge,
    As we hold each others hand
    A sea of humanity watches in delight
    While our bodies sway to musical finality.

    After all,
    It takes two to tango.

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat

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  • Dreaming

    Dreaming

    The eyes keep on getting smaller
    Going down without a fight
    The body lies in wakeless slumber
    Deeply in the dwindling light

    Forces unknown drive me yonder
    Knowing not where I’d arrive
    A moment’s notice left to ponder
    Bits of magic come alive

    Taken to lands far and distant
    Time is lost with every stride
    Armed with the care of a new-born infant
    Filled with happiness inside

    I walk on; pillowy clouds they show
    A splendid sun, it gleams of gold
    So gently iced with wintry snow
    Mountains stand, their wisdom old

    And hark, I hear her call to me!
    That wily temptress; Goddess of sin
    My eyes take in her sparkling radiance
    Emanating from within

    She beckons me with all her might
    I give in to this sweet surrender
    Mesmerizing, lovely, bright
    A flying kiss she blows so tender

    Alas! Her spell is broken; I’m free
    As my eye meets the first sunlight
    The heart still wanting, thirsty, needy
    Trying hard to put up a fight

    But it’s time to go; time to wake up
    Time to start a brand new day
    Time to run, to hurry up
    Time to walk the weary way

    I know I won’t have to wait so much
    For soon it will be that time again
    To embark on a journey with a magic touch
    A voyage, maybe, in the rain?

    Dreams are an avenue to fulfill the life
    We try to live, but aren’t living
    Why worry when you could spend the night
    So peaceful; blissfully dreaming?

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat

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  • Perfect place

    Perfect place

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    I think I know what it means
    To lose my world within your eyes
    No place to go and tuck away
    A deep blue like the velvet skies

    A moment ago; they were closed shut
    Dreaming away in peaceful bliss
    And playfully pouting your silken lips
    Blowing forth an invisible kiss

    You gently roll into my arms
    A childish cuddle is exposed
    I smell your lovely, fragrant skin
    The scent playing with my humble nose

    I watched you sleep; now I watch you wake
    It’s the best part of my day
    Your tender love; your gentle touch
    Mean more to me than those three words can say

    You hold my hand, and pat my face
    Lay a soft kiss upon my cheek
    So much is said without a word
    No need for either one to speak

    And as we lay here in each others arms
    In a gentle, sweet and close embrace
    I know for certain that we are in
    This perfect world; my perfect place.

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat

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  • Me

    Me

    I have many names, faces, personalities
    A mother, a sister, a wife, a daughter
    I’m a lawyer, a teacher, a philosopher, a friend
    A human being.

    Yes, I am a human being
    Just like anyone else
    And I refuse to be treated
    Like trash thrown on the street

    Enough of lies
    The truth needs to be heard
    And it’s better out in the open
    Than after when it’s too late.

    Why should I cover up
    What you think you don’t like
    Or perceive as negative
    Just because someone else thinks so?

    Sure, it won’t go down well
    I will turn a few heads
    And make a few enemies
    But I will be right.

    I’m not going to change
    My ways because
    They make me unpopular
    Or they are unpleasant
    To the blinded eyes
    Of centuries of tradition
    Or boundaries of faith
    that border on fear
    I’m not going to act
    In a certain way
    Because society “frowns” upon it

    Why are you so afraid
    To wake up and smell the coffee?
    Why should I change?
    Why should I
    Let go of what makes me happy,
    Or gives me a sense of contentment?
    Just because it doesn’t fit in
    Your narrow frame of mind?

    I cannot, will not
    Change what I am
    For this is what makes me

    Me.

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat

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  • Growing up

    Growing up

    Growing up is such a shame
    Life feels like a cruel game
    If it were up to me I’d make it stop

    Each passing day just make me older
    A little bitter and a little colder
    And some days simply fly over the top!

    So many meetings, calls and faxes
    With paying bills and doing taxes
    Oh how I wish I could take it slow

    The fast life continues to grill me
    It seems one day it might just kill me,
    how and when, there is no way to know.

    I wish that I was still a child
    A little naughty, a little wild
    Must be such a great feeling, I wonder,

    Free to do and think, as I choose
    With nothing to win and nothing to lose,
    I could run and run and run some more like thunder!

    Chocolate cake and sweet gum drops
    Or gummy bears and lollipops
    There’s nothing more that I’d like to feast on

    Seems just like a distant dream
    To start my day with ice cream
    I’d stuff myself until everything is gone!

    Spinning tops and racing cars
    And Flying kites and counting stars
    I’d ride my bike carefree along the street

    I’d be making friends all day long
    Or taking naps whenever I want
    Now really, wouldn’t that be neat!

    It’s time to stop my stupid story
    I’m going crazy, I know, I’m sorry,
    My ramblings must not have made much sense

    I’m just a simple guy you know
    Who lost something a while ago
    And is looking to win back his innocence.

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat
  • What do you do?

    What do you do?

    What do you do
    once you’ve done everything
    to apologize?

    Where do you go
    when the last place you feel safe
    is compromised?

    How do you escape
    a closed, dark room
    with no hint of a door?

    Whom do you trust
    when the one you depended on
    is no more?

    How do you feel
    when the reality you live in,
    isn’t real?

    What remains
    when the knife that cuts you
    is made of cold and cruel steel?

    What do you have
    when all that’s left are
    blood, sweat and tears?

    How do you face
    that fear you’ve been running from
    all these years?

    How do you speak
    when the words are gone
    and you have nothing to say?

    What do you do,
    when the light at the end of the tunnel
    seems to be fading away?

    How do you answer
    so many questions
    when you don’t have a clue?

    When you’re helpless,
    beyond a smidgen of hope,

    what do you do?

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat
  • Wish you were here

    Wish you were here

    (verse one)

    Sitting alone here in my chair tonight
    With a packet of pictures and some postcards left behind
    The radio’s playing a sad song helps with the pain
    These tears they fall like the pouring rain
    What do I do to make all this hurt go away?

    I’ve been a fool to ever let someone like you go
    I now know what I’ve been missing, now that we are through
    This packet of postcards reminds me just like it was yesterday
    Every moment I spend without you seems to take my life away

    I wish that you were here tonight
    Much more than life itself,
    I wish you were here.

    (verse two)

    Need all the help I’d get to make the most this time
    I pull up a glass and pick up a bottle of cheap wine
    These pictures of you remind me of times we had
    Of everything that I now need so bad
    Oh what I could give up to have you stay…

    I’ve been a fool to ever let someone like you go
    I know what I’ve been missing, now that we are through
    This packet of postcards reminds me just like it was yesterday
    Every moment I spend without you completely takes my life away

    I wish that you were here tonight
    Much more than life itself,
    I wish you were here

    I wish that you were here tonight…
    Much more than life itself,
    I wish you were here.

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat

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  • Why can’t I just get over you?

    Why can’t I just get over you?


    (verse one)
    Not a single moment passes me by
    I’m losing the plot of life
    No reason for me to stay
    Or wake up; to start my day

    (chorus)
    Can’t stop thinking about the things you do
    And every thought just makes me blue
    Please, why can’t I get over you?

    (verse two)
    I was just another regular guy
    And then you came into my simple life
    Your turned me right upside down
    Bringing me to come around

    (repeat chorus)

    (verse three)
    Every day and night I spend reminiscing
    How our eyes would meet; we’d end up kissing
    Now I want to run; just run away
    Far away from this dark shade of gray

    (repeat chorus)

    Please, why can’t I get over you?
    Why can’t I just get over you?

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat
    Image courtesy Google.
  • X marks the spot

    X marks the spot

    A slight chill teases the air
    Behind a veil of silken mist
    Carelessly the trees they sway
    Dancing in the velvet breeze
    Each moment ticks away so fast
    Faster than your eyes may blink
    Gorgeous, sparkling in the fire’s glow. I wonder
    How they look so beautiful, so pretty
    In the meager light as I gaze upon them;
    Just stare in amazement at your face,
    Knowing not how I’d spend
    Life without you. Not even another
    Moment need pass by without you by my side.

    Needless, my words are now as my heart is
    Open, my eyes connected with yours. I try to
    Place my index finger on your
    Quivering lips; I know you
    Realize what I’m about to do, as I
    Show you this ring – I want to make you mine forever.

    Trembling, I hold your hand
    Unsure of how you would react as I ask
    Very slowly, if you’d marry me; each syllable making me
    Weak in the knees. I watch your lips closely, right there –
    X marks the spot.

    Yes! Validation at last as I see that beautiful smile
    Zigzagging all over your face. One I love more than life itself.

    I’m on cloud nine.

    © 2013 Mihir Kamat

    Inspired by today’s Daily Prompt – A-Z
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