Dr. Zainul Husain ON YOUR LIPS

 

ON YOUR LIPS

A story of love 

Is written on your lips. 

When the season of romance comes, 

They get softer than petals 

Of dancing daffodils. 

The fragrance of your smile

Surrounds every beholder

Passing through the pinkish passage

Of your lips. 

After a day's labour 

When I come back, 

Your lips lighten the weight

Of my every care

Comforting my soul

Kissing my forehead. 

Then I fall upon the couch

Of your lap

To dream of your lips

And to never wake up again. 

Dr. Zainul Husain

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