I am a cipher

You try to decipher

To find your answer

My love, come closer

Take off your glasses

Look deep into my eyes

They hold the keys

That unlocks the codes.

See the wild roses

The haunting demons

The changing seasons

The heart’s reasons

Thorns that prick

What makes me tick

The castles I build

Dreams distilled

Loneliness that chills

Love that fills

Pride that kills

Silence that stills

Captive words

Like caged birds

Useless wings

Mere broken strings

Strange tunes to which I dance

Melody that holds me in a trance

Smoke signals that make me cry

And those that make me fly

The magic carpet I ride

The wind on whom I rely

Cloud nine where I reside

With you eternally by my side.

I jive to a different tune

Different things make me croon

Can you see that different world

That through my eyes lies unfurled??

Can you hear that different song

That thrills as I trill along??

Do you and I differ??

Can you decipher this cipher??

-Shail Mohan (June 2008)