I know her not a bit, <br />Nor ever dug to her depths <br />To explore her dark innards, <br />Nor climbed to her heights <br />To probe her breath-taking mysteries. <br /> <br />I stood alone where I belonged <br />And happily drank whatever she gave: <br />Sparkles of eyes, <br />Subtle attentions in million ways, <br />Floods of sweet passions across the souls <br />And dreams and daydreams unbound and wild. <br /> <br />In pursuit of what she gave, <br />I left my safe-haven for far away horizons; <br />I walked in steady pace, <br />Love and devotion bespeaking in heart; <br />Farther I walked, farther she slipped <br />In unending evasion. <br /> <br />I dragged failing legs farther ahead, <br />No thought suffered me where I may reach, <br />Nor ever thought what fate lay ahead; <br />I just moved ahead, <br />No strength to stop anywhere, <br />Nor bounce to take any hop; <br />I went on in uninspired motion <br />Till I found her raising walls <br />And teasing me across the fence. <br /> <br />She called me to jump the wall <br />And catch her at her sport; <br />I saw her in her game, <br />Felt sad for my shame; <br />I turned back as I must <br />And trod back where I belong; <br />The game she played <br />Oft puzzles my heart; <br />Though no answers I ever get, <br />I find her ready algate <br />With new tricks to lure me out; <br />She lures and I pursue, <br />She farther slips and teases from across the fence; <br />I turn back in shame again <br />To begin the game afresh. <br /> <br />The game goes on in unending cycles, <br />Never ever our hearts building a bridge.<br /><br />Praveen Kumar in Shobha Priya<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/086-teasing-me-from-across-the-fence/
