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

Mile

Take your time to think my friend
Communication is an overrated trend
My heart with rules that break and bend
I almost never want us to end

Eye contact is magical
Your touch - unattainable
Midnight calls and realizations
Life is but, it's own revelation

The distance is bearable
Your absence, makes a sad fable
What should I do, what shouldn't I?
What would life be, if I wouldn't die?

-Aditi Shetty. 

2000's 20th

This is qurarantine
An idle mind intervenes
Take care and stay safe
Like that is a piece of cake
devil's workshop
all thoughts stop
Smoking weed and cigarettes
Oblivious to a sleep etiquette
Whiskey, tequila and cocktails
Like a robot's life, inbox full of emails
Sadness inspires me
While I long for my family
Indifferent to what tomorrow is
As long as I fall into a sleeping bliss.

-Aditi Shetty

A birthday

You are my home; my happy place
Without you, at life, I'd never ace

Quintessential for you, is your child's happiness
You are a great mother, unconditionally selfless

You taught me patience and so much more, mother
told me, "not to bother"

You said, "Aditi, it's important to be happy & have fun
And miss out on opportunities none"

Happy Birthday Mumma, you age to be 51 years old
But hearts like yours don't age, because they're  made of gold.

-Aditi Shetty

Alive

After heartache 

My heart yearns for fickle butterflies 

While the uncertainties of love consume me

You are always on my mind, amusing me

In the blink of eye, 

I'd break my heart for you

You are mystery, that unravels the unknown

Consuming me in gallores 

For it isn't love that gives me joy

It is knowing that you're being loved that fills me with pride 

While you sleep in your velvet dreams 

Even glancing away from your face would be magical moment lost perpetually 

I'd rather be with you 

Than take another breath 

Sit by your side 

Sing for you; massage your feet with the warmth that you fill my soul with

Losing you would be suicide 

A thought: I love to push aside 

So be with me, God

While I salvage for my magical being 

I only want to give you all of what I am 

Even if that means losing myself 

Love is dangerous, so is life 

But It kills me, to not imagine you as my wife

-Aditi Shetty