abstaining from Ishq’s poison
I chose never to drink a sip
so to guard my heart from
chronic love spells
of mortal mirrors
who appear to disappear
dissipating duality
my i-ness saturates
with the guest
of this heart
I am spell bound
your words aroused
my curiosity
I drank every letter
until logic lost all senses
this pledge broken a million times
my heart chose wine
once again
permitting poison
to seep into Laila’s divan
gushing speedily to
a secret chamber
where wine is worship
I am love struck
despising sobriety
I drank consciously
to the seduction of wine
drawn into a sprint dance
only to lose oneself
to essence
unity lost and found
abstinence an illusion
for a drunken heart
I choose love’s wine
eternally as the
sustenance of our
remembrance
I am love bound