By the Sea

Saw it in her eyes
Thought she’d like to play a game
        On the shiny silver sand
        In the breeze so mild
        With each and every strand
        Of her hair going wild.
        In stillness of the night
        Under the moonlight
I saw it in her eyes
Thought she’d like to play a game
To melt down the skies
And set the sea aflame


Felt it in her touch
A silent gentle stir
        The way she held my finger
        The way she held her words
        Letting her thought linger
        So that it engirds
        Both of us together.
        Soft and light as feather-
I felt it in her touch
That silent gentle stir.
I wanted her so much
To keep me wanting her.


Sensed it in her smile
Some mischief on her mind
        She’d chew her finger-tips
        Several times she’d blink
        And biting her lips
        She’d pretend to think
        She’d turn her face aside
        But she could not hide
I sensed it in her smile
Some mischief on her mind.
Her ways to beguile
Are rarest of their kind.



Heard it in the silence
Heard it in the sound
        Of the fleeting moments
        Of the craving gaze
        Of the rising casements
        Of the ocean waves
        Of fragrances, vernal,
        Anticipation, eternal…
I heard it in the silence
Heard it in its sound
And in the throbbing suspense
That held me all spell-bound


So real it seemed
Was it an illusion ?
        Was it not all real ?
        Was it not all true ?
        Then how did I feel ?
        What did I construe ?
        I saw, I felt, I sensed and heard
        No vision, no motion and no word
And so real it seemed
What was an illusion
I lived or I dreamed
That is the confusion.