In The Mood For Love

the circle opens..

Went to sleep under the midnight moon

And through the night dreamt of you

Woke up under the midsummer Sun

But my mind kept thinking of you

An elixir for the soul

An oasis in the desert

An inn for the traveler

A palliative for the hurt

Went to office to work

But you distracted me all through

Came back tired and despondent

Your thoughts still cleaved like glue

A jukebox for boredom

A candle in the night

A signboard at crossroads

A string for the kite

Bought a bottle of whisky

But was drunk on you

Smoked a pack of cigarettes

The smoke took shapes of you

The moon hidden from purview

The earthy smell that delights

The clouds that shower rain

A sleeping pill for the night

the circle closes...

Author's Note

The title is inspired by a brilliant Japanese movie of the same name...

Reviews

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

I adore the alluring variations on the lure~ love of multilayers~ your presentation is replete with imagery that speaks to both the surface layers of the responsive love and the more ethereal planes of otherworldy passions that aren't quite the human fashion of passions but focused more from the center eye~

[An owl on the moon]

What a beautiful longing for love this creates.. And it moves like music.. so woven with that all encompassing feeling that comes when your life opens to another. Loved this!

[abhas]

nice compositions and a great sense of missing something incorporated in it.... the circle opens and closes... i found it brilliant... the words were just flowing through...

[Emily B]

lovely

[Robin]

from the opening to the closing , you take us with you Sid

love this stanza -

"Bought a bottle of whisky
But was drunk on you
Smoked a pack of cigarettes
The smoke took shapes of you"

excellent writing

[Ed Hart]

nicely done, very nicely done

[Sukriti Suki]

very well written...though the part 'circle opens' and especially ' circle closes' distracted me from the after thought after reading ' sleeping pill for the night'.

I love your usage of the words here.