Why Did You Come?

Smile in your eyes And I am happy. Beauty in your bosom And I am proud. Why? Why am I burnt Seeing lightening in your eyes? Why am I achy Seeing fire in your lips? I never asked you to come. Yet you came. I didn't ask you to smile either. Yet you did. Why? And now, my night is lost In your dream. My thought is lost In your mysterious eyes. My days are lost In your unending thought. You know- Long ago, I was unable to bear Pain of my thirsty young-hood. My old beloved Poetry kept teasing me then. So I exiled her. Today, she is knocking my door? Why? Why is she back now? I know well You would never be mine. Yet why did you come? If you had come Why did you have to see me With your all-consuming eyes? Now I am aching. I am twisting turning and dying. I am agonizingly agonized. O beautiful, o my death If you had to kill me Why didn't you stab me? Why are you tormenting me With your presence in my dream? © Arun Maji