Jus Eyes

Dedicated to the amazingly talented and sweet Indira whoz eye-obsession is contagious..

Hibernation

An expanse of white
Blinding the eyes
A virgin land
Of unsullied ice

A cold blue sea
Lapping at colder cliffs
An icy wind
Wailing in melancholy

A freezing chill
Numbing body and soul
A warm white form
Curled up on the snow

A long magical sleep
Through torturous times
A suspended life
Subsisting on spares

A call through the sky
Of summer coming by
The hunter will awaken
To be king once again

The Path

There stretches a path through the woods
Winding through streams and mounds

Safety and lamps light the dark way
While sage company lightens the day
‘Stick to the good path’, you’ll hear them say
‘For the knowledge of our fathers won’t lead you astray'

But the dark forest leans out and beckons to me
With all its glory and mystery
The unknown wilderness call out to me
Promising challenges and destiny

A world where light would lurk among shadows
Tricking and taunting in a deceptive dance
Secrets and danger hanging heavy in the air
Swirling mist fogging all sight

Every step forward a wary gamble
A slash through doubt and challenge
The trampled moss underneath my feet
Traces of a new path for time to follow

Sah'raa

Sah'raa
A lone set of hoof prints
Caked in the hot loose sand
Stretching through the million dunes
Of a desert with no end

A wind blowing fire and sand
Into the eyes of men
Blurring the forms of a weary horse
And its wearier rider

A black veiled shadow
With eyes of black stone
Fighting a losing battle with the sun
And the pain of poison

A treasure that slept in a woman's womb
biding its time till release
Twisting allegiance and loyalty
At the cost of her royal blood

A fire burning black and bright
Through narrowed obsidian eyes
She looked back one last time
At the mirage she'd left behind

Dino Baby

Lord Krishna

Princess

An old stone castle
In the days of yore
A tall cold tower
Holding a maiden afore

A mossy moat and armored knights,
Forming a ring of protection.
A windowless tower with a lone stone slit,
Locking up life and liberty

A shaft of summer sunlight
Hit her pale blue eyes
Lighting a thin white face,
Soft cheeks and strong chin

Translucent eyelids slowly slid shut
To visions of freedom and the sun,
Of riding steeds against the wind
To battle and victory

A icy draught slapped her cheeks
Snapping her to reality
To cursed days filled with dust & inaction
And a life doomed to domestic servitude

A living specter she would be,
Going through motions of life,
Counting down to the day she’d pass
Unheard and unsung.

-sesh

A/N:original art by my adorable friend madhu , digital patching by yours truly.