Reminiscence

For you there’s a sea, brimming
With longing — calm, pristine
Cradled in your arm a city sleeps
Where my dreams are slow and serene

A feeble lamp, under a half-moon window
I see your name — laces of gold and silver
For five decades binding me in their coils

A sea of longing —
In the tranquil, walled city
Sweetest voices descend and their petals scatter
Over the dream-fabrics on my skin

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