Extinguish Me Poem by Arun Maji

within you, it's just not you.
within you- there is you, and bit of everything-
me, my love, my hate, the sun, the moon and evening;
a bit of every bit of earthly things.

within you, it's just not you.
within you, there is your- past, present and future;
the past present future of I, the sky, time and laughter.

if I love you, it's just not you I love.
I love me, this river, this earth, this mars
a bit of every bit of things of this universe.

and that is why you are so vast and galactic-
your kiss seems an endless sea
your lips seems an endless fire
your bosoms seem an endless mountain
your beehive seems an endless sweetness.

and that is why- I am so drunk
inebriated and stuporous.
and that is why I am so burnt and charred
and that is why I am so crushed
pained and hurt.

but I am not hurt;
I am hurt but not hurt yet.
with your sharp nail, you write my destiny
with your fiery lips, you write my dream
with your pouring honey, you write my immortality.

pain me my love, pain me
within you- destroy me, extinguish me.

© Arun Maji
Painting: Richard Johnson