"The Yellow Sundress"

This just made my birthday special. Thank you Divya! :)
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To A, for her birthday, for 26 years of amazing existence and here is to more amazing moments in life! --Divya 

"The Yellow Sundress"

I met her through a common saint

we both know very well,

too small for 24 then, and still tiny for 26 now,

she spoke of wild roses and scottish highlands

and her love for shoes and men.

She writes the way she speaks

of imprinted emotions, engraved gestures,

strange ways of love and lovers,

the joy of flight, the struggle of fight

the chime of beautiful little dreams,

what I read was familiar,

what I felt was similar.

Is it possible that we might have

shared a common existence in

the yesteryears of fate and destiny?

Perhaps, tucked away in history’s archives,

we were friends, sisters, daughters or

deadly sins from the Holy Testament?

Our tales and battles

of heartbreak and struggles

of longing, lingering ambitions

Vulnerable children of heaven

Both strong, determined and women

of this century of modernity.

We’ve clashed like armies

in the battlefield of perspectives

yet I feel and I know you are the

sweetest product of serendipity

and if all words fail to describe

your essence and presence

in this world of utter chaos,

Your portrait in the museum of living will

be that of adorned tresses,

with lilies from the valley, a sweet scent

of frangipani emanating from the

nape of your neck, and I see you

immersed in your favourite book,

lost in the warmth of a cup of tea

and the stunning, brilliant vision of

sun rays entering your heart of hearts

and the whole wide world celebrating-You. 


For what you are and for what you will be.

And watching you- smile, radiantly,

with the the crown of joy

firmly on your head- in

what only you can wear best

- the yellow sundress.