The laptop lights up your face,
Reflecting off your glasses, in your eyes.
Fish tank gurgles and tortoise shell cat snores
Your books and treasures wait within
Doors, windows tightly shut. The air is as still
As your fingers on your keyboard waiting
For your mind that dances with my perfume
That listens for my trembling heartbeat
Smiles devilishly, childishly at a recall of my jokes
Shivers at the warmth of my presence
Until suddenly transfixed by a vision
So intimate, so lewd, so shockingly strange
To think the thought could be born out of your soul.
You laugh, amused, amazed at yourself,
That you were capable of being swept away
By an unseen woman a whole world away.
Work! Your fingers hammer at the keyboard
Then reach for your cell phone to check
WhatsApp, my ‘last seen’ status,
A moment to stare at the display pic.
Your brother let the cat out...
Sumita Dutta: She is a photographer and the proprietor of AdIsh Photo Art. She has a degree in Fine Arts (Painting) from Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore. She loves writing both poetry and prose. She resides in the southern end of Chennai with her two sons, her father, a cat and a dog. Find her blog at: https://zippythoughts.wordpress.com/