Bhoomika Pandhare

“lean in to kiss me
in all the places

where the ache
is
the most special.”
― Sanober Khan

“to be a poet means
to live
with a permanent wound

forever
susceptible
to either

the shade
of the sky

or someone's eyes.”
― Sanober Khan

“kisses explode
when...
someone
believes in me

when my heart cries out
a song of thanks
to yours.”
― Sanober Khan, A touch, a tear, a tempest

“O lovers, lovers it is time

to set out from the world.

I hear a drum in my soul's ear

coming from the depths of the stars.

Our camel driver is at work;

the caravan is being readied.

He asks that we forgive him

for the disturbance he has caused us,

He asks why we travelers are asleep.

Everywhere the murmur of departure;

the stars, like candles

thrust at us from behind blue veils,

and as if to make the invisible plain,

a wondrous people have come forth.”
― Rumi