By Parth Pandya
Parth Pandya writes a ghazal (a poetic form with origins in Arabic poetry) in English, attempting to stay with the rules of the form and bringing forth the beauty of expression that a ghazal uniquely allows.
The sky blushed a crimson red for you
The night pushed the day away for you
A crescendo followed the sound of your voice
Three notes scaled through mountains for you
I had caught the moon by the tails of its coat
My wish was to wrap it as a present for you
They abandoned reason, they left behind guile
My words fell away in silence for you
Not even you could look away from yourself
The blessing of your beauty was a curse for you
You shrugged away your desires like an autumn tree
The false promise of spring was a lure for you
What of you, my love, who loves none but self?
What happens when that love dries up for you?
Death will take you in a lover’s embrace
It will succumb to its greed for you
Parth Pandya moonlights as a writer even as he spends his day creating software and evenings raising his two sons to be articulate, model citizens who like Tendulkar and Mohammad Rafi. He has been regularly published in forums such as Spark, OneFortyFiction and Every Day Poets. Taking his passion a step further, he has recently released his first book ‘r2i dreams’, a tale of Indian immigrants as they work through the quintessential dilemma, ‘for here or to go?’ You can know more about the book at https://www.facebook.com/r2idreams
