Lifeline

When my heart knocks at the ribs

I never shudder or blink, I breathe deep

switch off my mind and change channels.

When the wind speed rises 

I blow the wind into space

to make breathing easy with the

blowing kiss of  my faraway love.

Road blocks, traffic jams, 

mountain terrains can never

make me deviate, my love makes

my pathline to his inviting soul.

Life drowns death in work and pain

death challenges life to try  again

to rain like the clouds on dry rivers

I jump all ravines to reach my fate.

When the sun disappears from the sky

the moon melts in the lava of the dark

I wait for my bud

to bloom  next spring.

Sabita Sahu