Sanober Khan

poets. have the toughest jobin the universe-of turning silenceinto eloquence.

the intensityin your eyesburns my penas i write.

i am permanentlytannedin the summer of poetry.

the mostbeautiful tideis the sweepof your heartagainst mine.

violent storms. and beautiful smiles. both have electricity. both are equally destructive in nature.

she's gotoceanstucked awayin her hairpoems swimunder her skin.

you areas fleetingly beautifulas a mother__ tearsand a father__ pranksa brother__ bachelorhoodand a best friend__ bad mooda bride__ glittering jittersand a handsome stranger__ smile.

To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.

for those memories are nowjust like these little kittensI hold in my handsthose can be kissedand treasuredbut not held too tightly.

you wereand always will bethat first ever touchto have fertilizedthe groundbeneath my life__ treesthat first ever roseto have fragrancedthe rest of my memories.

when I finally begin to driftinto sleepyour memory is the...firstand the moonlightthe last, to kiss my face.

your handtouching mine.this is howgalaxiescollide.

If my life were a fragrance, it would smell like the sea.

you are here.the moontides are here.and that__ all that matters.

tread carefullyinto my life, my dear.the currents are strong.you will get lostin this warm oceanof my skin.

let my heart always belike it is...this very momentready to explode...with lovea violent rainstorm...with no streamno ocean vast enoughto flow into.

You are the ocean to my eyes.

A rain like melting pillows_a rain so beautifulI could neverhave let go ofif not certainthat someday...it would find its wayinto my poem.