You, the damsel of divine dark love, <br />Never I knew your ardent love! <br />Inconspicuous you remained <br />These many years on the wait <br />To come out of your hide <br />Uncalled unaware here <br /> <br />One leg firm on earth <br />The other- i knew not- elsewhere <br />I saw you there that day <br />Beside the foot of my cot- <br />The shadow spread of Death! <br />Memories now unfold. <br /> <br />Throwing ropes thy corner eyes <br />Tightly tie me to bed, <br />Thy snow cold body clings <br />To mine, kiss bears no warmth, <br />Frozen fingers touch my arms, <br />I felt; come, you beckoned <br /> <br />I kept my nerves, aroused not <br />Nor responded to thy call <br />My reply was a frozen stare <br />You left disheartened, sad; <br />I hate thee not, you gloom faced girl! <br />Now go, I’ll woo you one day glad <br />Let me finish my life’s drinks all, <br />Wait till their intoxication lasts<br /><br />Kesav Venkat Easwaran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-last-lover/
