The Affair

This is my entry for the Poetry Wednesday hosted by Sans Souci 

In the quiet of our hearts
Conversations mute
Remembering-
His wife, my husband
What do we say to them
Wondering-
Where do we go from here?
What are we going to do?

Did Fate play its cards right?
Is this the way our life will be?
Resisting the pull
With all our might
Denying each other
As if to spite.
Keeping our silences
With our faces trite.

So close but always apart
Where ever you are
Is where I can never be
Where we are
We'll be lonely.
Passing by, looking in
Looking out, staying in.
Yearning For that
which our minds forbid.

- K P Rashmi

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My Own Style

She proclaims her Love,
Loudly in abandon to anyone listening,
While the words do not escape my lips,
No matter how deep the well in me.
You hold your arms out for her,
Telling her your hearts desire,
Yet, your heart hears not,
My silent, deafening scream.
I refuse to hold you tight,
Letting you be and breathe,
Not able to reach you
Or touch you the way lovers do
Yet, Loving you, in my own style.

In another place and time

This was a poem that I had written long ago. Found it during the spring cleaning session. Here goes ---

When we sit so close yet so far,
There is this funny feeling,
That we must have sat like this
Someday, in another place and time.

The first time we laughed together
A remember a dream, where
I saw us laughing like this
Someday, in another place and time.

When we tease each other and fool around
I feel a familiar feeling
Like we teased each other before
Someday, in another place and time.

When we see the world in each others eye
And the heart brims with the words "I love you"
The picture in my mind fades,
As if something stopped us,
I wonder what happened to the two of us
That day, in another place and time.