SHAPES OF LOVE

AN OCEAN LOVE


I have kept I am in love with someone
Hidden in my heart Who, never , can be mine,
Which contains I do not want to own him, though,
Pearls of wisdom, Only for his love i pine
Gems of desire
In a handsome I cannot capture breeze,
Treasure trove of art
I cannot confine a wave,
Cool and collected
Serene and contented If i am in love with the moon
Leading a sedentary life I cannot have him, only crave
No turmoil, no strife,
Living in an ivory tower The ocean with its depth,
I was in a world apart The cascade with its flow,
Suddenly, All elements are attractive,
As if a pebble one threw, Even milky way with its glow
Rippled the surface
Of my sea
I love the bewitching nature
And the waves grew
Into tsunami with jump start Along with that someone,
Who brings me so much joy,
Sensation was amorous
A melody in a chorus Whose mere presence is fun
Tidal waves dancing on
My beaches out of focus The real love does not bind,
Obscured sense and reason It does not wish to capture,
All i could just envision The very thought of our love object
Was a blinding blizzard Keeps us in unbridled rapture
I need to know
Who caused @Sudha dixit
Upheaval in my heart
Who surreptitiously passed
By my silent region
In order to thwart
My hopeful vision
And without a backward glance
Managed to depart
42 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 43
@Sudha dixit

UNIQUE MIRTH NOSTALGIC LOVE

May be we are unique
Love is not all Greek ! Not tasting relief, which is wandering into blur time
Moon kisses sea, Lazy muscles of heart cough in vain
Sun kisses the earth Given up smile from my healthy skin
Feeling so ecstatic and mirth Not adapting myself into lonely shelter of singleness
Why not thine, be mine... My happy interior no more sees spring around
Mountains clasp the sky Totally in Ruins pleasant eclipse my soul
Dont possess eyes Solitary thoughts getting infected by doubting flames
Even cuddle rainbow, cherish Hard to breathe in free air which slices my artful poetry
Times to times, even rivers hug oceans, clinging so tight Clinging to my hopeful dreams, not letting go optimistic era
Never let go off each other Freighting against my setting sun of hope
Why can’t we be one, I am lying alone but with your lovely phantom of love
When our soul rock like might... Reminiscences overpowering all streets of brain
Birds love beyond words, Untouched no more is heart, being teased by Spears of past
No gestures, flocking in herds I am in oar less yacht, Tripping towards anonymous destiny
Meeting beaks, being true to each other, affinity always seeks
At the peak, gazing at your eternal existence
We possess words,
A green flag waves off for hurdle free trip
Expressive gestures and so loving faith and trust
I am smooching our mutual Deposited love
Who dare dissever us
Caressing and being Caressed by fully stitched lovely refugee
If love like ocean is deep
Not found, still I am lost, not in dark pastures of time
As we possess
But inside noisy chants of our precursive talks.
It always mutually thrusts...
Breeze licks leaves cheeks
@Parkash Pencia
Getting intimated with dew drops
Which love seep, teasing the innocent hairy flower’s petals
Getting blended so deep
Why should we just peep,
Non-living's love more than living's
Sans feelings yet love affinity they keep,
We being above, well born for love
In downpours of love trenchant
We must steep.. @Parkash Pencia

44 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 45

UNIQUE MIRTH NOSTALGIC LOVE

May be we are unique
Love is not all Greek ! Not tasting relief, which is wandering into blur time
Moon kisses sea, Lazy muscles of heart cough in vain
Sun kisses the earth Given up smile from my healthy skin
Feeling so ecstatic and mirth Not adapting myself into lonely shelter of singleness
Why not thine, be mine... My happy interior no more sees spring around
Mountains clasp the sky Totally in Ruins pleasant eclipse my soul
Dont possess eyes Solitary thoughts getting infected by doubting flames
Even cuddle rainbow, cherish Hard to breathe in free air which slices my artful poetry
Times to times, even rivers hug oceans, clinging so tight Clinging to my hopeful dreams, not letting go optimistic era
Never let go off each other Freighting against my setting sun of hope
Why can’t we be one, I am lying alone but with your lovely phantom of love
When our soul rock like might... Reminiscences overpowering all streets of brain
Birds love beyond words, Untouched no more is heart, being teased by Spears of past
No gestures, flocking in herds I am in oar less yacht, Tripping towards anonymous destiny
Meeting beaks, being true to each other, affinity always seeks
At the peak, gazing at your eternal existence
We possess words,
A green flag waves off for hurdle free trip
Expressive gestures and so loving faith and trust
I am smooching our mutual Deposited love
Who dare dissever us
Caressing and being Caressed by fully stitched lovely refugee
If love like ocean is deep
Not found, still I am lost, not in dark pastures of time
As we possess
But inside noisy chants of our precursive talks.
It always mutually thrusts...
Breeze licks leaves cheeks
@Parkash Pencia
Getting intimated with dew drops
Which love seep, teasing the innocent hairy flower’s petals
Getting blended so deep
Why should we just peep,
Non-living's love more than living's
Sans feelings yet love affinity they keep,
We being above, well born for love
In downpours of love trenchant
We must steep.. @Parkash Pencia

44 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 45

THE FEEL OF LOVE SILENT LOVE


Quiet steps tender feet noiseless Ripples of passion ringing
Deep love tender unspoken affection Sweet unspoken deep love
No overt efforts no expressions Surrendering silently, quietly rejoicing
A sound safety net Fathomless shallows pulling our heartstrings
Full of devotion Soft whirlwind emotion rises,stirring our souls
To feel my love, close your eyes To love a life, two lives live as one
My face will surface, Your love: the open faintest blue blue sky
To glide away My love, a papery colourful pink pink kite
Wherever you go, Soaring on, swinging in far away
Your heart will carry The string that binds our strongest bond
In unspoken memories Subtly sweet steely too, deeply caring
Broken bits of us Peace coupled with joy, leaves me in
Sunny sails, cottony clouds Everlasting embrace encircling me
A quaint day No maps, no big treasures to be found
Splashes of salty raw No knight beside me, yet only
Sea water, my feet King of my heart you
Rubbing the brown granule sands No fort to live by, yet only
A blue kite refusing flight Queen of your heart me
A tender face my child running wild Looking into your eyes, holding your hand
Why my words need to touch Years will melt away, gracefully
That heart that is all mine Our love liberating our souls
Me contented, smiling feeling our silent love! Our only greatest treasure!


©Anindita Ray ©Anindita Ray












46 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 47

THE FEEL OF LOVE SILENT LOVE


Quiet steps tender feet noiseless Ripples of passion ringing
Deep love tender unspoken affection Sweet unspoken deep love
No overt efforts no expressions Surrendering silently, quietly rejoicing
A sound safety net Fathomless shallows pulling our heartstrings
Full of devotion Soft whirlwind emotion rises,stirring our souls
To feel my love, close your eyes To love a life, two lives live as one
My face will surface, Your love: the open faintest blue blue sky
To glide away My love, a papery colourful pink pink kite
Wherever you go, Soaring on, swinging in far away
Your heart will carry The string that binds our strongest bond
In unspoken memories Subtly sweet steely too, deeply caring
Broken bits of us Peace coupled with joy, leaves me in
Sunny sails, cottony clouds Everlasting embrace encircling me
A quaint day No maps, no big treasures to be found
Splashes of salty raw No knight beside me, yet only
Sea water, my feet King of my heart you
Rubbing the brown granule sands No fort to live by, yet only
A blue kite refusing flight Queen of your heart me
A tender face my child running wild Looking into your eyes, holding your hand
Why my words need to touch Years will melt away, gracefully
That heart that is all mine Our love liberating our souls
Me contented, smiling feeling our silent love! Our only greatest treasure!


©Anindita Ray ©Anindita Ray












46 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 47

COME HOME TO ME IN YOUR ARMS IS MY PERFECT BLISS



When i think of you Hold this hand that cares for you
My heart skips a beat or two! Dares to do anything to love you.
Without you i feel so blue What do you fear, oh timid heart
Oh my darling, i love you so true. True love is never here to depart.
When i miss you dear Take a step and have the faith
I just want you right here. Believe in it, take a chance don't wait.
The stars are out tonight Cover the distance don't let it widen
Baby when will you hold me tight? For this love is beyond the horizon.
Come home to me soon She is showering all her loving care
Together we can watch the moon. Mind, body, heart, soul, nothing left to bare.
I want to be forever in your arms What keeps you away, my beloved one
Feel you close, your endless love so warm. For time is passing by , this life is
For you each moment i yearn so long Lived once…
Only with you is where i truly belong!
Sweetheart, don't keep thinking of me @Sunny Kaur
Come be with me..


@Sunny Kaur






















48 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 49

COME HOME TO ME IN YOUR ARMS IS MY PERFECT BLISS



When i think of you Hold this hand that cares for you
My heart skips a beat or two! Dares to do anything to love you.
Without you i feel so blue What do you fear, oh timid heart
Oh my darling, i love you so true. True love is never here to depart.
When i miss you dear Take a step and have the faith
I just want you right here. Believe in it, take a chance don't wait.
The stars are out tonight Cover the distance don't let it widen
Baby when will you hold me tight? For this love is beyond the horizon.
Come home to me soon She is showering all her loving care
Together we can watch the moon. Mind, body, heart, soul, nothing left to bare.
I want to be forever in your arms What keeps you away, my beloved one
Feel you close, your endless love so warm. For time is passing by , this life is
For you each moment i yearn so long Lived once…
Only with you is where i truly belong!
Sweetheart, don't keep thinking of me @Sunny Kaur
Come be with me..


@Sunny Kaur






















48 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 49

THE SWINDLING MONK FEEL ME



The sway of the nymphs Want to feel the spring of my love
Lost their rhythm
Go and ask the intoxicated bees
The stars forgot to shine
Want to feel the warmth of my love
You divulge the truth in silence
Ask the lava that erupted from the volcano
Your heart is no more mine
Want to feel the depth of my love

The warmth between smothered Ask the oyster which got thrown by the waves
But the flakes still exist as pain Want to feel the fragrance of my love
A weathered past like an old malady Ask the roses bathing in the dew drops
Buried deep down the memory lane Want to feel the softness of my love

Ask the breeze which entangles with my hair
The promises were to toy the heart
Want to hear the song of my love
As fragile as a butterfly’s wing
Ask the bard who wanders in the wilderness
Intoxicating the senses to love
Alluring the soul to dream Want to read the poem of my love
Step into my eyes and drink in every word...
But, all was a lie a mere act
Adrift in the dust of past ©Aruna Lakra
The blossoms were left to wizen
Crowned to slaughter the trust

Pounding with the deceiving beats
The core was lurid with murk
An assassin in disguise of a monk
Extirpating my love in lurk


@Debjani Mukharjee








50 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 51

THE SWINDLING MONK FEEL ME



The sway of the nymphs Want to feel the spring of my love
Lost their rhythm
Go and ask the intoxicated bees
The stars forgot to shine
Want to feel the warmth of my love
You divulge the truth in silence
Ask the lava that erupted from the volcano
Your heart is no more mine
Want to feel the depth of my love

The warmth between smothered Ask the oyster which got thrown by the waves
But the flakes still exist as pain Want to feel the fragrance of my love
A weathered past like an old malady Ask the roses bathing in the dew drops
Buried deep down the memory lane Want to feel the softness of my love

Ask the breeze which entangles with my hair
The promises were to toy the heart
Want to hear the song of my love
As fragile as a butterfly’s wing
Ask the bard who wanders in the wilderness
Intoxicating the senses to love
Alluring the soul to dream Want to read the poem of my love
Step into my eyes and drink in every word...
But, all was a lie a mere act
Adrift in the dust of past ©Aruna Lakra
The blossoms were left to wizen
Crowned to slaughter the trust

Pounding with the deceiving beats
The core was lurid with murk
An assassin in disguise of a monk
Extirpating my love in lurk


@Debjani Mukharjee








50 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 51

THE UNTOLD LOVE TO MY OLIVIA


From our childhood we were the playmates O' my Olivia, you live thousands of miles away
We would play the children's games and sports, Beyond the rivers, near the seas in pleasure,
the days proceeded, we got admitted in university Always you dreamt the life of true abundance
Then gallons of water flowed down in due course. Your dream is fulfilled, you live with treasure.


Now i can reminisce over the previous days You taught me how to dream a good dream
One day you fell ill with some unknown fever, Then i was really beside myself with joy,
I could not sleep but prayed the whole day Beside the river, 'neath the teak we whispered
So that my bosom pal would soon recover. Hands upon hands, eyes upon eyes, you were coy.


Like Maud Gonne's your image is in my heart I took you as my hero, i was leander
Truly speaking when i go to do my daily job, So, i crossed the Hellespont but all in vain,
Your image appears with a smiling face I was not the Edward-VIII , O' My Wally
For fear of losing you i always sob. He arrived, you caught hand and i'm in pain.


You visited our poor house many times You were my this be, i was your pyramus
On seeing you ever i would get dumb, Under the mull-berry tree we would sit for hours,
As if medusa has petrified the onlooker No whisper, no talking, we gazed at the rain-bow
From my larynx really no word would come. Years have passed; alone i gaze and shed tears.


i'm unlucky to you i could not open my chest, These are the paths, now i can clearly see
Where there were numberless gems of amour, Smiling we are walking side by side,
I have established you in the temple within This is the old Burma teak under whose feet
With sigh i will wait for births for your coiffure. Still in tears i'm rowing the canoe in hide.


@Gobinda Biswas @Gobinda Biswas






52 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 53

THE UNTOLD LOVE TO MY OLIVIA


From our childhood we were the playmates O' my Olivia, you live thousands of miles away
We would play the children's games and sports, Beyond the rivers, near the seas in pleasure,
the days proceeded, we got admitted in university Always you dreamt the life of true abundance
Then gallons of water flowed down in due course. Your dream is fulfilled, you live with treasure.


Now i can reminisce over the previous days You taught me how to dream a good dream
One day you fell ill with some unknown fever, Then i was really beside myself with joy,
I could not sleep but prayed the whole day Beside the river, 'neath the teak we whispered
So that my bosom pal would soon recover. Hands upon hands, eyes upon eyes, you were coy.


Like Maud Gonne's your image is in my heart I took you as my hero, i was leander
Truly speaking when i go to do my daily job, So, i crossed the Hellespont but all in vain,
Your image appears with a smiling face I was not the Edward-VIII , O' My Wally
For fear of losing you i always sob. He arrived, you caught hand and i'm in pain.


You visited our poor house many times You were my this be, i was your pyramus
On seeing you ever i would get dumb, Under the mull-berry tree we would sit for hours,
As if medusa has petrified the onlooker No whisper, no talking, we gazed at the rain-bow
From my larynx really no word would come. Years have passed; alone i gaze and shed tears.


i'm unlucky to you i could not open my chest, These are the paths, now i can clearly see
Where there were numberless gems of amour, Smiling we are walking side by side,
I have established you in the temple within This is the old Burma teak under whose feet
With sigh i will wait for births for your coiffure. Still in tears i'm rowing the canoe in hide.


@Gobinda Biswas @Gobinda Biswas






52 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 53

MY LOVE PLANET Love planets lovely form
So romantic ecstatic and warm
It has life it has warmth
I flew high in my dream galaxy All our glories are reborn
To land on my love planet
Total crystal clear delight
O what a bliss it welcomed me our woven magic love incites
With a warm and hot kiss
So brave n passionately swift
Embarrassed me with deep inner delight As miraculous delightful twist
Radiance of joys emitted its radius
Bright Excitement filled sensations...
Exotic release of passions
Delving deep down in rotation
Entering my core inner emotions Lovely honey in love frilly cups
Over flowing our brimmed love buds
Embracing each other glued together our
long separated love union matter Far evening high mountains
Stars glittering with oceans of emotions
Emotions blowing hot n cold
I keep them awake Sun rays falling warm on our bodies bold
Totally bold in dazzling gold With autumn hue of natural gold.


To you i give whole of me Angels from heavens showering flowers
Hold me as your destiny Adam n eve peeping together for hours.

The thumping hearts Our rainbow love shine on clear sky blue
Sing romantic melodies Rejoicing in true bliss hue
Dancing spring n breeze kiss our cheeks
Never to return on earth
Wrapped in sheets of blissful peace Will forever reside on planet of love
Volcanic lava flows again
Unlocking bodies chain. @Atiya Saeed




54 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 55

MY LOVE PLANET Love planets lovely form
So romantic ecstatic and warm
It has life it has warmth
I flew high in my dream galaxy All our glories are reborn
To land on my love planet
Total crystal clear delight
O what a bliss it welcomed me our woven magic love incites
With a warm and hot kiss
So brave n passionately swift
Embarrassed me with deep inner delight As miraculous delightful twist
Radiance of joys emitted its radius
Bright Excitement filled sensations...
Exotic release of passions
Delving deep down in rotation
Entering my core inner emotions Lovely honey in love frilly cups
Over flowing our brimmed love buds
Embracing each other glued together our
long separated love union matter Far evening high mountains
Stars glittering with oceans of emotions
Emotions blowing hot n cold
I keep them awake Sun rays falling warm on our bodies bold
Totally bold in dazzling gold With autumn hue of natural gold.


To you i give whole of me Angels from heavens showering flowers
Hold me as your destiny Adam n eve peeping together for hours.

The thumping hearts Our rainbow love shine on clear sky blue
Sing romantic melodies Rejoicing in true bliss hue
Dancing spring n breeze kiss our cheeks
Never to return on earth
Wrapped in sheets of blissful peace Will forever reside on planet of love
Volcanic lava flows again
Unlocking bodies chain. @Atiya Saeed




54 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 55

FILL MY SPACE MY LOVE STORY


You're back in my dream, My blank page has a love story ,
Although not in my life stream, On which i can write my history,
Your scent fills my space, She is beautiful beyond comparison,
With closed eyes i embrace. Whenever i close my eyes she is there.

I don’t miss you in daylight, She is like words unseen full of feelings,
Your melody is my night Unmentioned emotions simply emerging,
With your presence bright, Untouched fragile hands patiently waiting ,
My heart beats are alright. To open up and hold tightly embracing.


You reside in me forever, She is a seductive tale ready to be wed,
Distance apart doesn't matter, Unopened book just wanting to be read,
You are the sails of my boat, Untold secrets in pale sentences unsaid,
You are the warmth of my coat. Labyrinths of meanings in between fed.


I know what i seek, She is the answer to many of my questions,
From my caverns deep, True love withheld beginning new ventures,
Past shadows begin to loom, Loneliness between fantasy and reality loose,
You grace dispels all doom. Stolen heart rocking on a turbulent cruise.


@Jyotirmaya Thakur She is my song of sunlight on bright rays,
Lovely notes steal her heart all the way,
Mountain peaks touching sky in embrace,
Happiness dreams in colours on her face.


@Jyotirmaya Thakur








56 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 57

FILL MY SPACE MY LOVE STORY


You're back in my dream, My blank page has a love story ,
Although not in my life stream, On which i can write my history,
Your scent fills my space, She is beautiful beyond comparison,
With closed eyes i embrace. Whenever i close my eyes she is there.

I don’t miss you in daylight, She is like words unseen full of feelings,
Your melody is my night Unmentioned emotions simply emerging,
With your presence bright, Untouched fragile hands patiently waiting ,
My heart beats are alright. To open up and hold tightly embracing.


You reside in me forever, She is a seductive tale ready to be wed,
Distance apart doesn't matter, Unopened book just wanting to be read,
You are the sails of my boat, Untold secrets in pale sentences unsaid,
You are the warmth of my coat. Labyrinths of meanings in between fed.


I know what i seek, She is the answer to many of my questions,
From my caverns deep, True love withheld beginning new ventures,
Past shadows begin to loom, Loneliness between fantasy and reality loose,
You grace dispels all doom. Stolen heart rocking on a turbulent cruise.


@Jyotirmaya Thakur She is my song of sunlight on bright rays,
Lovely notes steal her heart all the way,
Mountain peaks touching sky in embrace,
Happiness dreams in colours on her face.


@Jyotirmaya Thakur








56 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 57

MY LOVE .. A FEEL MY LOVE, A FEEL



I loved you from my teenage years Your eyes speak the language of love
When we met in the wintry chill night That love opened up your heart before me
Cuddling each other under the And, i could see my image in your heart through those eyes.
Sunlight glow
We both felt a feeling of oneness I touch your hand in the candle light
A beautiful and innocent love ! My whole world is lighted up,
Soon, we grew up into youth With your lips singing the hymn of love
And our priorities changed totally My mind brimmed up with ecstacy of our relationship.
We got busy looking for jobs
You left me and went away You are my previous birth charming love
I was torn and tattered in my life Burning passion from with in me flamed up,
Feeling lonely in my life I could catch you tight with both my arms feeling
I waited for a phone call from you
The warmth for which i would take birth again & again.
For months together
But you forgot me
@Ashutosh Meher
And fell in love with another girl
I heard the news and i cried and
Wept and always locked myself
In my room with my doors shut !
Then one day i asked myself
If it was love or was it just a feel ?
I got up from my bed
Went for a stroll trying to forget you
And i knew my love was just a feel
Nothing else !


@Sarala Balachandran






58 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 59

MY LOVE .. A FEEL MY LOVE, A FEEL



I loved you from my teenage years Your eyes speak the language of love
When we met in the wintry chill night That love opened up your heart before me
Cuddling each other under the And, i could see my image in your heart through those eyes.
Sunlight glow
We both felt a feeling of oneness I touch your hand in the candle light
A beautiful and innocent love ! My whole world is lighted up,
Soon, we grew up into youth With your lips singing the hymn of love
And our priorities changed totally My mind brimmed up with ecstacy of our relationship.
We got busy looking for jobs
You left me and went away You are my previous birth charming love
I was torn and tattered in my life Burning passion from with in me flamed up,
Feeling lonely in my life I could catch you tight with both my arms feeling
I waited for a phone call from you
The warmth for which i would take birth again & again.
For months together
But you forgot me
@Ashutosh Meher
And fell in love with another girl
I heard the news and i cried and
Wept and always locked myself
In my room with my doors shut !
Then one day i asked myself
If it was love or was it just a feel ?
I got up from my bed
Went for a stroll trying to forget you
And i knew my love was just a feel
Nothing else !


@Sarala Balachandran






58 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 59

A TRIBUTE TO HYADES THE WEATHER


Silhouetted my love stood, Time, compliant magician,
With scant disdain to melting drops, It's a voice over
A smile touched her cherubic face, That pour sits plots into me.
When zephyr touched her silky locks,
That kissed her misty eyes. It becomes breath to breathe
Desire and contradiction.
Up she raised her face, Curled up i do not notice
And drank in the wine of love, Of the invasion of my soul
That Hyades had poured into her quivering lips, Which limits every conception of existence.
Quenching every corner of her heart with love. We roll together like unexpressed thoughts
Looking for oblivion in rusty locks
Tilting her head softly, Into hearts closed in fists.
She turned with her doe like eyes, The hope of eternity are only written words
As if beckoning me, The case occupies the space of a point.
While she slowly glided nymph like @Regina Resta, Italy
Into the cloudy drizzle.

@Balveen Kaur Cheema
IL TEMPO


Il tempo, compiacente prestigiatore,
È una voce fuori campo
Che riversa in me le sue trame.
Diventa respiro da respirare
Desiderio e contraddizione.
Raggomitolata non mi accorgo
Dell'invadenza della mia anima
Che limita ogni concezione di esistenza.
Franiamo insieme come pensieri inespressi
Cercando l'oblio nelle serrature arrugginite
Dei cuori chiusi a pugno.
La speranza di eterno sono solo parole scritte
Il caso occupa lo spazio di un punto.
@ Regina Resta, Italy
60 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 61

A TRIBUTE TO HYADES THE WEATHER


Silhouetted my love stood, Time, compliant magician,
With scant disdain to melting drops, It's a voice over
A smile touched her cherubic face, That pour sits plots into me.
When zephyr touched her silky locks,
That kissed her misty eyes. It becomes breath to breathe
Desire and contradiction.
Up she raised her face, Curled up i do not notice
And drank in the wine of love, Of the invasion of my soul
That Hyades had poured into her quivering lips, Which limits every conception of existence.
Quenching every corner of her heart with love. We roll together like unexpressed thoughts
Looking for oblivion in rusty locks
Tilting her head softly, Into hearts closed in fists.
She turned with her doe like eyes, The hope of eternity are only written words
As if beckoning me, The case occupies the space of a point.
While she slowly glided nymph like @Regina Resta, Italy
Into the cloudy drizzle.

@Balveen Kaur Cheema
IL TEMPO


Il tempo, compiacente prestigiatore,
È una voce fuori campo
Che riversa in me le sue trame.
Diventa respiro da respirare
Desiderio e contraddizione.
Raggomitolata non mi accorgo
Dell'invadenza della mia anima
Che limita ogni concezione di esistenza.
Franiamo insieme come pensieri inespressi
Cercando l'oblio nelle serrature arrugginite
Dei cuori chiusi a pugno.
La speranza di eterno sono solo parole scritte
Il caso occupa lo spazio di un punto.
@ Regina Resta, Italy
60 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 61

YOU TAUGHT ME TO LOVE LOVE


Your arrival created uproar in my chamber, Suddenly I searched beauty in every sector,
Making me numb, As if life turned its table to erase my fear factor,
From the silence of night ,i could feel World around me seem more beautiful with its sweetening nectar,
Each organs of mine are in dancing mode, The cool air touches my senses with zest to reflect my glow better,
I could sense their jubilant ring tone, I started humming the love songs again to smile further,
Heart beats loud to louder, My strides got fresh energy to walk faster,
Skin changes my bright tone to brighter, Started looking stars in night’s cool spectre,
Red blood vessels are running fast to faster, The romantic wires tied me with its fragrant vapour,
Eyes stroll aimlessly on each streets ,each corners, Absent minded i worked as if I am in slumber,
Each plains ,to cool its hunger. Brain and heart play hide and seek ,who is mightier,
Moon is in slumber, Emotions and feelings supersedes in my courtier,
Probably want to remain aloof from all the situations, The coloured sting of passion imprisoned me with dreams brighter,
Time to time ,my patience is trailing its extension, Every throb of my heart sings with lyric of zither,
I act as a maniac, I comprehend its position, Wants to weave bubbles with waves of pitcher,
Yet couldn’t control the palpitation, May be this is love I cry louder,

So strong is the string of attachment, My inner voice accepts this emotions deeper.
My sleepless nights dream you,
My sunny days groove you @Lopamudra Mishra
Wanted to be with you, because,
You taught me to be in love with you.


@Lopamudra Mishra














62 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 63

YOU TAUGHT ME TO LOVE LOVE


Your arrival created uproar in my chamber, Suddenly I searched beauty in every sector,
Making me numb, As if life turned its table to erase my fear factor,
From the silence of night ,i could feel World around me seem more beautiful with its sweetening nectar,
Each organs of mine are in dancing mode, The cool air touches my senses with zest to reflect my glow better,
I could sense their jubilant ring tone, I started humming the love songs again to smile further,
Heart beats loud to louder, My strides got fresh energy to walk faster,
Skin changes my bright tone to brighter, Started looking stars in night’s cool spectre,
Red blood vessels are running fast to faster, The romantic wires tied me with its fragrant vapour,
Eyes stroll aimlessly on each streets ,each corners, Absent minded i worked as if I am in slumber,
Each plains ,to cool its hunger. Brain and heart play hide and seek ,who is mightier,
Moon is in slumber, Emotions and feelings supersedes in my courtier,
Probably want to remain aloof from all the situations, The coloured sting of passion imprisoned me with dreams brighter,
Time to time ,my patience is trailing its extension, Every throb of my heart sings with lyric of zither,
I act as a maniac, I comprehend its position, Wants to weave bubbles with waves of pitcher,
Yet couldn’t control the palpitation, May be this is love I cry louder,

So strong is the string of attachment, My inner voice accepts this emotions deeper.
My sleepless nights dream you,
My sunny days groove you @Lopamudra Mishra
Wanted to be with you, because,
You taught me to be in love with you.


@Lopamudra Mishra














62 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 63

STILL SHE! He was in furious flood LOST LOVE
The mother cried and was dread
Her big brown deep eyes
Besides, the bank of a river
The father jumped into the river Are like an ocean
They sit on a bench.
To save his only promising dear Still she looks like a fairy
Where they met first
Both son and father were drowned Compels me to be in notion
And won each other's trust;
She cried but never could they find
Her black long hair
With passage of time
She scattered into thousand pieces Are very fair
They became yours to thine
As if were a broken sigh , They surpass the shadow of a demon
Life smiled at them
With a passive look she stays
And had a son like sun;
As the days passed away; Her beautiful face
Better than an alluring moon
Really he was strong and bold
Still she visits the place A mole on her chin
Things were always in his hold,
Sits on bench near the river A killing spot round and thin
As usual they came to the river
After throwing two flowers into water Turns into compass
To have a walk there;
She prays to god to set them in heaven And pushes me to an unknown heaven
She haunts me in my dreams to console
Suddenly a devastating storm came
To my surprise never she feels alone For someone betrayed me in my youth.
Thundering clouds put them in rain
Nor she seems in solitude
They hurried to shelter under a big tree
She realizes their presence Her touches are cool and smooth
To safe themselves from calamities;
In her heart and bosom. In my dreams often
While running the boy slipped I hold her up in my arms
@Sukhcharan Singh Sidhu With my trembling hands
And fell into the middle of river
Shower kisses on her rosy lips
To satisfy my wandering lust.
But always shed tears on the sand
For my lost love.


@Sukhcharan Singh Sidhu


64 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 65

STILL SHE! He was in furious flood LOST LOVE
The mother cried and was dread
Her big brown deep eyes
Besides, the bank of a river
The father jumped into the river Are like an ocean
They sit on a bench.
To save his only promising dear Still she looks like a fairy
Where they met first
Both son and father were drowned Compels me to be in notion
And won each other's trust;
She cried but never could they find
Her black long hair
With passage of time
She scattered into thousand pieces Are very fair
They became yours to thine
As if were a broken sigh , They surpass the shadow of a demon
Life smiled at them
With a passive look she stays
And had a son like sun;
As the days passed away; Her beautiful face
Better than an alluring moon
Really he was strong and bold
Still she visits the place A mole on her chin
Things were always in his hold,
Sits on bench near the river A killing spot round and thin
As usual they came to the river
After throwing two flowers into water Turns into compass
To have a walk there;
She prays to god to set them in heaven And pushes me to an unknown heaven
She haunts me in my dreams to console
Suddenly a devastating storm came
To my surprise never she feels alone For someone betrayed me in my youth.
Thundering clouds put them in rain
Nor she seems in solitude
They hurried to shelter under a big tree
She realizes their presence Her touches are cool and smooth
To safe themselves from calamities;
In her heart and bosom. In my dreams often
While running the boy slipped I hold her up in my arms
@Sukhcharan Singh Sidhu With my trembling hands
And fell into the middle of river
Shower kisses on her rosy lips
To satisfy my wandering lust.
But always shed tears on the sand
For my lost love.


@Sukhcharan Singh Sidhu


64 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 65

HYPNOTIC BEAUTY Freeze to death



Poems do flow for her eyes Just to
Towards her ecstatic smile Keep her happy,
Her manners maneuvered I smile;
And swift her style.
Those flow towards her breasts Just to make her
That tide unto me Beautiful ,
In full their integrity. I appreciate;
And shatter it random
In a hurl Just to
That do swirl Keep her alive,
And batter in my fandom! I breathe ;

Just to
Though, how sweet it feels
Make her sleep,
Her alluring appeals
I awake;
Uphill my emotion
Her immense womanly ocean.
Just to
I am drown in a single frown
Keep her warm,
Of her highness; and beauty
I hug ;
With her dazzling crown
How could one this miss? Just to
They let my eyes
Keep her cool,
Fall in hypnosis! I freeze;


@Er Santosh Pokharel Just to
make her cry,
I sleep to death .
@K.C. Sethi




66 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 67

HYPNOTIC BEAUTY Freeze to death



Poems do flow for her eyes Just to
Towards her ecstatic smile Keep her happy,
Her manners maneuvered I smile;
And swift her style.
Those flow towards her breasts Just to make her
That tide unto me Beautiful ,
In full their integrity. I appreciate;
And shatter it random
In a hurl Just to
That do swirl Keep her alive,
And batter in my fandom! I breathe ;

Just to
Though, how sweet it feels
Make her sleep,
Her alluring appeals
I awake;
Uphill my emotion
Her immense womanly ocean.
Just to
I am drown in a single frown
Keep her warm,
Of her highness; and beauty
I hug ;
With her dazzling crown
How could one this miss? Just to
They let my eyes
Keep her cool,
Fall in hypnosis! I freeze;


@Er Santosh Pokharel Just to
make her cry,
I sleep to death .
@K.C. Sethi




66 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 67

LOVE'S MEANING SHE CALLS IT BEAUTY


When night overtakes. She calls it beauty
Love takes form. Then she smiles
Lover making love to beloved.
In a secluded place. She calls it beauty
Out of sight in semi dark place. Oh she dances
Clouds float below the moon.
Obstructing its light. She calls it beauty
When the moon is at its zenith. A kingdom of laughter
When the clouds get cleared.
The moonshine falls allover. She calls it beauty
Lovers come out hand in hand to romanticize. Sweet morality
In the silence of night.
Broken by the voices of some wild being. She calls it beauty
Fragrance of soft night air floating. She likes roses
Lovers engrossed in their talks.
Glorifying the love. She calls it beauty
In their own thoughts. Her eyes well explained
Praising the love.
Suddenly beloved says. She calls it beauty
"What is your religion?" Her mission to love
"Love." replies the lover.
She calls it beauty
@Imtiaz Ahmad Inner desire to love


@Jean C Bertrand







68 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 69

LOVE'S MEANING SHE CALLS IT BEAUTY


When night overtakes. She calls it beauty
Love takes form. Then she smiles
Lover making love to beloved.
In a secluded place. She calls it beauty
Out of sight in semi dark place. Oh she dances
Clouds float below the moon.
Obstructing its light. She calls it beauty
When the moon is at its zenith. A kingdom of laughter
When the clouds get cleared.
The moonshine falls allover. She calls it beauty
Lovers come out hand in hand to romanticize. Sweet morality
In the silence of night.
Broken by the voices of some wild being. She calls it beauty
Fragrance of soft night air floating. She likes roses
Lovers engrossed in their talks.
Glorifying the love. She calls it beauty
In their own thoughts. Her eyes well explained
Praising the love.
Suddenly beloved says. She calls it beauty
"What is your religion?" Her mission to love
"Love." replies the lover.
She calls it beauty
@Imtiaz Ahmad Inner desire to love


@Jean C Bertrand







68 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 69

MY LOVE WHAT SORT OF TIME IS THIS



My kisses What sort of time is this
Tattooed on When someone is sowing the field
Your starry eyes Whereas the crop is claimed by
Weeding out
The pain Someone else,
The prick of When someone is carrying the
My finger nails Heavy load of bricks
On the wet Whereas someone else is
Sand of the river Claiming the building,
Will sculpt you When someone is doing
My love songs All the hard work
Whereas someone else is
@R.Suresh Babu Reaping all the benefits.


What sort of time is this
When wolves and hyenas have grabbed
All the torches and lamps
Whereas we are standing unarmed
In pitch darkness.


What sort of time is this
When there is darkness at noon,
When a gnawing din is
Eating into our innards,
When pygmies are casting long shadows
From Ayodhaya to Bamiyan,
From Syria to Afghanistan.


@S. Sushant
70 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 71

MY LOVE WHAT SORT OF TIME IS THIS



My kisses What sort of time is this
Tattooed on When someone is sowing the field
Your starry eyes Whereas the crop is claimed by
Weeding out
The pain Someone else,
The prick of When someone is carrying the
My finger nails Heavy load of bricks
On the wet Whereas someone else is
Sand of the river Claiming the building,
Will sculpt you When someone is doing
My love songs All the hard work
Whereas someone else is
@R.Suresh Babu Reaping all the benefits.


What sort of time is this
When wolves and hyenas have grabbed
All the torches and lamps
Whereas we are standing unarmed
In pitch darkness.


What sort of time is this
When there is darkness at noon,
When a gnawing din is
Eating into our innards,
When pygmies are casting long shadows
From Ayodhaya to Bamiyan,
From Syria to Afghanistan.


@S. Sushant
70 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 71

ASHES THE WOUNDED SILENCE


You promised you will come Leaves crushed under the feet
As soon as you are free Groan in crunching voices
In the sun-set of my life Branches snap and
I just saw the time flee Make a crackling noise


You did come ultimately The glass drops and shatters
But Love ! It was too late With its deafening clatter
We follow law of nature Anything torn apart whimpers, mummers,
So, I could no more wait Or screams, loud or soft,
Nothing matters
With a distressed heart you came But
To my cremation site No sound comes
What else could you have found When the heart breaks
but After many trials and tests
Ashes after last rites And you go through
A whole gamut of emotional tempests
With the body set on pyre
My heart, too, has been burnt When, finally, stepping out of the storm
Why are you stirring the ashes You are never in the same form
Now, what is in your quest Something transforms you definitely
Whether positively or negative
@Sudha Dixit
A part of your being is lost
The one that hurts you most
The pain, a little less, you may feel
But, the wound does not heal


You wander around dazed,
With a damaged soul
Eternally waiting for Nirvana
To, again, become whole


@Sudha Dixit
72 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 73

ASHES THE WOUNDED SILENCE


You promised you will come Leaves crushed under the feet
As soon as you are free Groan in crunching voices
In the sun-set of my life Branches snap and
I just saw the time flee Make a crackling noise


You did come ultimately The glass drops and shatters
But Love ! It was too late With its deafening clatter
We follow law of nature Anything torn apart whimpers, mummers,
So, I could no more wait Or screams, loud or soft,
Nothing matters
With a distressed heart you came But
To my cremation site No sound comes
What else could you have found When the heart breaks
but After many trials and tests
Ashes after last rites And you go through
A whole gamut of emotional tempests
With the body set on pyre
My heart, too, has been burnt When, finally, stepping out of the storm
Why are you stirring the ashes You are never in the same form
Now, what is in your quest Something transforms you definitely
Whether positively or negative
@Sudha Dixit
A part of your being is lost
The one that hurts you most
The pain, a little less, you may feel
But, the wound does not heal


You wander around dazed,
With a damaged soul
Eternally waiting for Nirvana
To, again, become whole


@Sudha Dixit
72 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 73

LOVE : MY STRENGTH LOVE KNOT



You are in my thoughts, I swear
My deeds, my heart, in my life, in my dreams. That you replicate the moon
You are near and faraway. You are bold
I could say that you complete me... You are adamant and miles away.
But that would be a lie: Love demands everything, they say.
Because every morning I wake up and But my love demands only this;
I long for you than grew older, That no matter what happens.
Hearts matured. How long it takes,
It became as coal You’ll keep faith in me.
Deep burning unquenchable. You’ll remember who we are,
Shining like a piece of diamond... And you’ll never feel the despair.
Priceless or precious, When forever becomes a place,
Mature or, meaningful, When forever ceases to be just a word,
Bountiful or beautiful, When it ceases to be.
Countless or ceaseless, Just a measurement of time,
Dearth or death But instead becomes a Place,
Immortal or infinite. Where we can dance
Unable to put it in a word, may be a combination of all. To the tune of our hearts.
We’re a knot
@Mamta Tripathi Too tangled to be taken apart.


@Mamta Tripathi














74 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 75

LOVE : MY STRENGTH LOVE KNOT



You are in my thoughts, I swear
My deeds, my heart, in my life, in my dreams. That you replicate the moon
You are near and faraway. You are bold
I could say that you complete me... You are adamant and miles away.
But that would be a lie: Love demands everything, they say.
Because every morning I wake up and But my love demands only this;
I long for you than grew older, That no matter what happens.
Hearts matured. How long it takes,
It became as coal You’ll keep faith in me.
Deep burning unquenchable. You’ll remember who we are,
Shining like a piece of diamond... And you’ll never feel the despair.
Priceless or precious, When forever becomes a place,
Mature or, meaningful, When forever ceases to be just a word,
Bountiful or beautiful, When it ceases to be.
Countless or ceaseless, Just a measurement of time,
Dearth or death But instead becomes a Place,
Immortal or infinite. Where we can dance
Unable to put it in a word, may be a combination of all. To the tune of our hearts.
We’re a knot
@Mamta Tripathi Too tangled to be taken apart.


@Mamta Tripathi














74 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 75

YOU HAVE REKINDLED NOBODY



You have rekindled When you were with me
The spark of poetry Nobody made me feel blessed
That was lying somewhere The way you did.
Dormant in me. Nobody made me adored
The way you did.
You have rekindled
Nobody made me adulated
The spark of music
The way you did.
That was lying somewhere
Nobody made me delighted
Dormant in me.
The way you did.
You have rekindled
Nobody made me cheered
The spark of life
The way you did.
That was lying somewhere
Nobody made me besotted
Dormant in me.
The way you did.
You have rekindled
Nobody made me desired
The spark of love
The way you did.
That was lying somewhere After you left
Dormant in me. Nobody made me feel melancholic
When you say you have done nothing to me, The way you did.
What should I say? Nobody made me gloomy
The way you did.
@Raghubir Sharma Nobody made me desolated
The way you did.
Nobody made me morbid
The way you did.
Nobody made me shattered
The way you did.
Nobody made me woebegone
The way you did.

@Raghubir Sharma

76 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 77

YOU HAVE REKINDLED NOBODY



You have rekindled When you were with me
The spark of poetry Nobody made me feel blessed
That was lying somewhere The way you did.
Dormant in me. Nobody made me adored
The way you did.
You have rekindled
Nobody made me adulated
The spark of music
The way you did.
That was lying somewhere
Nobody made me delighted
Dormant in me.
The way you did.
You have rekindled
Nobody made me cheered
The spark of life
The way you did.
That was lying somewhere
Nobody made me besotted
Dormant in me.
The way you did.
You have rekindled
Nobody made me desired
The spark of love
The way you did.
That was lying somewhere After you left
Dormant in me. Nobody made me feel melancholic
When you say you have done nothing to me, The way you did.
What should I say? Nobody made me gloomy
The way you did.
@Raghubir Sharma Nobody made me desolated
The way you did.
Nobody made me morbid
The way you did.
Nobody made me shattered
The way you did.
Nobody made me woebegone
The way you did.

@Raghubir Sharma

76 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 77

I MISS YOU MY LOST LOVE



Deep within my heart I never knew love before,
Deep within my soul Until he walked through that door.
I know I miss you My heart longs for that touch,
With every blinking eye That I miss so much.
With ever breath I take The soft and tender kiss,
I know I miss you I never liked to miss.
With every moment going by His each and every smile,
With every dawn & dusk Made me feel so alive.
I know I miss you more The wonderful fun time spent together,
With every rising day I always shall remember.
With every falling night Nothing now is the same,
I know I miss you so As the love I had found is just a name. The
With every beat of my heart pain and despair,
With every whisper of my soul Is something I cannot bear.
I know I miss you How to fight these blues,
With every shining sun I just don't have any clues.
With every cloudy sky Time has made my love a history,
I know I miss you... What really went wrong is still a mystery...


@Sunny Kaur @Sunny Kaur

















78 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 79

I MISS YOU MY LOST LOVE



Deep within my heart I never knew love before,
Deep within my soul Until he walked through that door.
I know I miss you My heart longs for that touch,
With every blinking eye That I miss so much.
With ever breath I take The soft and tender kiss,
I know I miss you I never liked to miss.
With every moment going by His each and every smile,
With every dawn & dusk Made me feel so alive.
I know I miss you more The wonderful fun time spent together,
With every rising day I always shall remember.
With every falling night Nothing now is the same,
I know I miss you so As the love I had found is just a name. The
With every beat of my heart pain and despair,
With every whisper of my soul Is something I cannot bear.
I know I miss you How to fight these blues,
With every shining sun I just don't have any clues.
With every cloudy sky Time has made my love a history,
I know I miss you... What really went wrong is still a mystery...


@Sunny Kaur @Sunny Kaur

















78 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 79

TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU-I TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU- II


To be in love with you To be in love with you
Is a misery. Is a pleasure for a moment.
I know, my dear
Still i love you from the core of my heart. But a pain for lifetime
To be in love with you I know, my beloved
Is being stupid. Still i love you from the core of my heart.
I know, my dear You are the earth
Still i love you from the core of my heart. I am the sky
To be in love with you
Is a feeling. That seem to meet in the distant horizon
That eats me day and night But never really meet
Still i love you from the core of my heart. How foolish am i to ask
To be in love with you “shall we ever meet?”
Is a taboo. Sometimes i wonder,
I know, my dear
Still i love you from the core of my heart. How life would have been
To be in love with you Had i not chanced upon you,
Is to be doomed to wander this earth alone Could i have been happier, then?
Pining for your love. Pat comes the reply
I know, my dear There is no free will in this world.
Still i love you from the core of my heart.
We were destined to come across.
Someday, you will come to know It was preordained in our destinies
Of my feelings for you To be together for a flash of moment
& you may reject me altogether. And then part ways,
I know, my dear For ever,
Still i love you from the core of my heart.
Never to meet again,
To be in love with you Leaving only pangs of separation
Is a bliss for me For each other.
Even if it is unrequited
Never mind, even if you never reciprocate @Raghubir Sharma
Just let me live, forever
With my feelings for you, my dearest.
@Raghubir Sharma
80 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 81

TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU-I TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU- II


To be in love with you To be in love with you
Is a misery. Is a pleasure for a moment.
I know, my dear
Still i love you from the core of my heart. But a pain for lifetime
To be in love with you I know, my beloved
Is being stupid. Still i love you from the core of my heart.
I know, my dear You are the earth
Still i love you from the core of my heart. I am the sky
To be in love with you
Is a feeling. That seem to meet in the distant horizon
That eats me day and night But never really meet
Still i love you from the core of my heart. How foolish am i to ask
To be in love with you “shall we ever meet?”
Is a taboo. Sometimes i wonder,
I know, my dear
Still i love you from the core of my heart. How life would have been
To be in love with you Had i not chanced upon you,
Is to be doomed to wander this earth alone Could i have been happier, then?
Pining for your love. Pat comes the reply
I know, my dear There is no free will in this world.
Still i love you from the core of my heart.
We were destined to come across.
Someday, you will come to know It was preordained in our destinies
Of my feelings for you To be together for a flash of moment
& you may reject me altogether. And then part ways,
I know, my dear For ever,
Still i love you from the core of my heart.
Never to meet again,
To be in love with you Leaving only pangs of separation
Is a bliss for me For each other.
Even if it is unrequited
Never mind, even if you never reciprocate @Raghubir Sharma
Just let me live, forever
With my feelings for you, my dearest.
@Raghubir Sharma
80 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 81

MY BELOVED SOFT MOMENTS


My desire my beloved you You make me feel safer,
My dream my passion my emotion you Your existence , thoughts
Which i love and hate.
To see your glowing face as i open my eyes n yawn Hate...because you aren’t here.
To see the beauty of your beauty blush each dawn Love...because it reminds me of all
The beautiful time we spent together.
You encircle me with your delicate vine fingers each night Love; it never dies,
My heart yearns again to hold you fold you in my arms tight It never goes away,
It never fades,
My heart twists n turns and for you it yearns So long as we believe in it.
Wish your love all through my love and life earns Love can make us immortal.
Hold on to those soft moments, as
Your love has melted me o blazing rosy face We don’t know
As fire dissolves all i dissolve you in me in daze Whether we’ll get these again and again.

Your radiant face fully decked in pride n grace @Mamta Tripathi
Like the sun rising from sea step by step maze

The very thought of you harvests my rich crop of emotions
Subliming into virgin morning delight like oceans

My longing for you.... Visits your heart
The rippling tiara of ecstasy clings up to your body ajar

Your blushing body distills your fragrance
My soul intermingling with your souls fragrance

No fear any more to loose my love
The faithful love has quenched its thirst

The moments cool down from boiling lava fright
To beautiful yet hot volcano to Alaska delight

@Atiya Saeed

82 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 83

MY BELOVED SOFT MOMENTS


My desire my beloved you You make me feel safer,
My dream my passion my emotion you Your existence , thoughts
Which i love and hate.
To see your glowing face as i open my eyes n yawn Hate...because you aren’t here.
To see the beauty of your beauty blush each dawn Love...because it reminds me of all
The beautiful time we spent together.
You encircle me with your delicate vine fingers each night Love; it never dies,
My heart yearns again to hold you fold you in my arms tight It never goes away,
It never fades,
My heart twists n turns and for you it yearns So long as we believe in it.
Wish your love all through my love and life earns Love can make us immortal.
Hold on to those soft moments, as
Your love has melted me o blazing rosy face We don’t know
As fire dissolves all i dissolve you in me in daze Whether we’ll get these again and again.

Your radiant face fully decked in pride n grace @Mamta Tripathi
Like the sun rising from sea step by step maze

The very thought of you harvests my rich crop of emotions
Subliming into virgin morning delight like oceans

My longing for you.... Visits your heart
The rippling tiara of ecstasy clings up to your body ajar

Your blushing body distills your fragrance
My soul intermingling with your souls fragrance

No fear any more to loose my love
The faithful love has quenched its thirst

The moments cool down from boiling lava fright
To beautiful yet hot volcano to Alaska delight

@Atiya Saeed

82 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 83

THE FEEL OF YOUR LOVE THE LIGHT OF YOUR LOVE


The feel of your love, Lost forever though,
Does not go away, Your love shines on,
But lingers on and on! Holding on to me tight,
Like the pearly dewdrop, Like a beacon of light!
Glistening on the petal,
Like the fragrant musk, Guiding me in fair
Hiding within the cheetal! O' rough weather,
Its royal, velvety presence, Gently beckoning,
Makes the entire ecstasy, To its fortress bright!
Richly textured and sublime!
Purifying the rustic feelings, If ever i become,
From all dross and grime! Depressed and despair,
I feel born anew, Your love affords rich
Like the fabled phoenix, Sustenance and fare,
With vigour, doubly imbued,

Transformed to the core, Life may seem difficult,
A being, thoroughly renewed! A burden to carry on,
Submerged in this ocean of love, But in hushed whispers,
I arise anew every second, You say “pull on”!
From the physical, the ephemeral,
To the ever-evolving transcendental! I really wouldn't dare,
To cross fathoms head on,
@Poonam Nigam Sahay But for the yearning,
To meet you anon!


@Poonam Nigam Sahay






84 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 85

THE FEEL OF YOUR LOVE THE LIGHT OF YOUR LOVE


The feel of your love, Lost forever though,
Does not go away, Your love shines on,
But lingers on and on! Holding on to me tight,
Like the pearly dewdrop, Like a beacon of light!
Glistening on the petal,
Like the fragrant musk, Guiding me in fair
Hiding within the cheetal! O' rough weather,
Its royal, velvety presence, Gently beckoning,
Makes the entire ecstasy, To its fortress bright!
Richly textured and sublime!
Purifying the rustic feelings, If ever i become,
From all dross and grime! Depressed and despair,
I feel born anew, Your love affords rich
Like the fabled phoenix, Sustenance and fare,
With vigour, doubly imbued,

Transformed to the core, Life may seem difficult,
A being, thoroughly renewed! A burden to carry on,
Submerged in this ocean of love, But in hushed whispers,
I arise anew every second, You say “pull on”!
From the physical, the ephemeral,
To the ever-evolving transcendental! I really wouldn't dare,
To cross fathoms head on,
@Poonam Nigam Sahay But for the yearning,
To meet you anon!


@Poonam Nigam Sahay






84 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 85

FEELINGS DESOLATE HEART



Cherish the warm breeze that blows in the heart Whenever i speak of you
It was a love tale played in full part I think of my heart,
The fun and the frolic not withstanding How arid it was!
A love built in mutual understanding It was hollow very much.
But you fulfilled it through your supreme love.
Then i began to enjoy life's each moment.
The treasure trove of fun tumbled out
You had taken me to the world of stars
You laughed merrily at my angry pout
Where my moments twinkled in joy.
The yearnings were meant to be felt at ease
But all of a sudden you disappeared,
O, what a bliss to be at peace.
I kept waiting as if it has no end.
Till now unable to realize
The moonlit garden bathed in silvery streaks
What's my guilt?
As the crescent moon winked and peeped
Please come soon to fulfill our unfinished journey
The silent night beneath the studded sky
That we started together with the promise to keep up to the last.
It was a feeling of undisguised high
I have been waiting for you dear
Though no conception what prevents you from coming to your beloved.
Was it really a love so coy and true But at least for once would like to meet.
Or was it a mingling of emotions old and new Yes, i will wait for the day to get united,
How could the night stretch out so long And for that moment when your heart will be melted to behold your beloved.
Lost in enchantment we never heard the distant gong
@Sujata Paul
The tube roses bathed us in fragrant hues
The owl hooted flurtingly and flew off on cue
The countless stars took pride in our love
It was feelings galore, and a love far and above.


@Abha Vatsa






86 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 87

FEELINGS DESOLATE HEART



Cherish the warm breeze that blows in the heart Whenever i speak of you
It was a love tale played in full part I think of my heart,
The fun and the frolic not withstanding How arid it was!
A love built in mutual understanding It was hollow very much.
But you fulfilled it through your supreme love.
Then i began to enjoy life's each moment.
The treasure trove of fun tumbled out
You had taken me to the world of stars
You laughed merrily at my angry pout
Where my moments twinkled in joy.
The yearnings were meant to be felt at ease
But all of a sudden you disappeared,
O, what a bliss to be at peace.
I kept waiting as if it has no end.
Till now unable to realize
The moonlit garden bathed in silvery streaks
What's my guilt?
As the crescent moon winked and peeped
Please come soon to fulfill our unfinished journey
The silent night beneath the studded sky
That we started together with the promise to keep up to the last.
It was a feeling of undisguised high
I have been waiting for you dear
Though no conception what prevents you from coming to your beloved.
Was it really a love so coy and true But at least for once would like to meet.
Or was it a mingling of emotions old and new Yes, i will wait for the day to get united,
How could the night stretch out so long And for that moment when your heart will be melted to behold your beloved.
Lost in enchantment we never heard the distant gong
@Sujata Paul
The tube roses bathed us in fragrant hues
The owl hooted flurtingly and flew off on cue
The countless stars took pride in our love
It was feelings galore, and a love far and above.


@Abha Vatsa






86 K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi SHAPES OF LOVE 87

MAKES ME


It's a feeling to feel,
The magnetic feelings
Of my love within me.
Within me everything transforms,
Towards a better form.
The aura of my love
Is glowing and growing
It's horizon more and more
Where the sense of bliss i feel...


@Baijayanti Pradhan





































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