Finding love

Love was perched
On a petal like a dew drop
I touched so gently
Like a butterfly would
A million crystal balls
She splattered into.

I saw her again
On a rain washed road
She came back
And kissed my face
As a monsoon breeze
When I opened my arms
She flew past me.

I went running after love
In the crowded streets
She jumped swiftly
Over a bridge and
Drifted far away.

At the corner of my street
She was flickering
In a dying fire
She turned into a smoke
Before I could
Feel her warmth.

I laid there
In the darkness of
The night so dreary
Crouching my body
On my bed
Like a foetus
In mother's womb
I heard her
Whisper a song
And opened
My eyes so weary.

I saw love
Smiling at me
Like a crescent moon
Curled up
Like a bouquet of
Spring time flowers
Her dancing eyebrows asked
“What's the matter?”

I said “I was searching
For you everywhere
All the places
You could have been”.

Love laughed at me
“I left my marks for you
To follow the trail and
Find me here
At your home
Waiting for you”.