Extinguish Me

within you, it's just not you. within you- there is you, and bit of everything- me, my love, my hate, the sun, the moon and evening; a bit of every bit of earthly things. within you, it's just not you. within you, there is your- past, present and future; the past present future of I, the sky, time and laughter. if I love you, it's just not you I love. I love me, this river, this earth, this mars a bit of every bit of things of this universe. and that is why you are so vast and galactic- your kiss seems an endless sea your lips seems an endless fire your bosoms seem an endless mountain your beehive seems an endless sweetness. and that is why- I am so drunk inebriated and stuporous. and that is why I am so burnt and charred and that is why I am so crushed pained and hurt. but I am not hurt; I am hurt but not hurt yet. with your sharp nail, you write my destiny with your fiery lips, you write my dream with your pouring honey, you write my immortality. pain me my love, pain me within you- destroy me, extinguish me. © Arun Maji Painting: Richard Johnson