Wrong turn

Someday you'll tell her: If I could choose to love someone, I'd choose you 

She'll look at you with her heaven brown eyes 

Smile and chuckle over her hand 

While a cupid has come to land 

She glances in you

then the cupid's arrow through you

She hits you with her supreme touch

While a hole in your heart as such

You'll never get her, she's not meant for you 

But if I could give my heart, for her I'd give two

I'd give all I am, and even my life

Even though God knows, we'll never be wives

She is Love; my stars, my universe 

But us, we're made inverse 

Love is selfless, says the books

I can't ignore her transcendent looks

We'll never be one, now I know 

But I'll always love you, I just won't show

I wish, to them, all luck  and well

To those on who she casts her spell

But I'll be here, as I hope

That you take my hand, and we elope

-Aditi Shetty.

Fortnight's one third

Blood bleeds

And my emotions plead 

mind is confused 

Soul- an absconding muse 

What questions do I ask?

Thoughts are dark, when I wear my mask

But arrives the omnipotent love

Smiling at yellow sky above 

She tells me it's time, 

"Move on, don't live on her dime"

"Who are you?", I ask as a fool 

She says,

"I'm Love darling, it's your turn to swoon"

I flick my hair and trot ahead,

Ego gets to my head

Then I look back at her,

And she's singing instead 

I ask, "Why are you here, what's even your power?" 

She smiles, says nothing, and gives me a flower

I look back again, she's gone

But then I realise-

She was Love, for whom we long

I gaze at her flower,

Crushed in my fist, the past hour 

Then my fingers let go

As I cry in joy and emotions flow

-Aditi Shetty 

99's 21st

Money, Knowledge, Power
Us humans, we devour
Freedom, Peace, Love
Oh, the devil's dove
Independence, Answers, Certainty
An illusion that breaks humanity
Curiosity, Questions, Assumptions
Ah! creatures' connections
Pretence, Lies, Hate
True feelings, used as bait
Following our dark universe
Hearts lost, and our minds traverse

-Aditi Shetty