Is This What You Call Love?

What has happened to me of late The sound of falling footsteps behind Sends all my senses on a strike Leaving me with thunderous pounding of the heart My mind then buzzes with thoughts and I go dizzy Why this happens to me every now and then Is this what you call love? Why I nurse the aura of a beautiful dream Why I see the Earth wearing new colours Why I feel the wind whispering to me a new tale Why do I feel this moment intoxicating A strong current courses through my arteries Never have I felt like this before Is this what you call love? Lately I run to the mirror more often Am I becoming another Narcissus, Getting drowned in my own image Why do I become so choosy in my dress Why do I look around to see if anyone has seen me smiling to myself I wonder what has happened to me these days Is this what you call love? Why do I see stars on a bare ebony sky Why I feel the night air indolently fragrant Why sleep eludes me at the wee hours of the night Making me sit delirious by the window Hoping to catch the glimpse of a shadow Why this happens night after night Is this what you call love? Why my mind wanders like an unattended kite I grow excited, I grow restless I grow impatient with time Sometimes anxiety grips me I sink and rise in the ocean of my moods There is a visible change in me Is this what you call love?