A surrealistic poem, by Parvathy, that celebrates love, exclusively for Different Truths.

I saw them,
a swarm of golden butterflies
Flying in joy in our garden,
Especially where the wild roses
and white hibiscus densely flowered.
 
Their black feathery wings,
flamboyantly kissed many buds and
Sucked the nectar, in wild ecstasy!
And I was thrown back to my younger years
When she too kissed me, flamboyantly.
 
Though I turned wild, I was calm.
Because I did, truly sense
Nothing except hunger’s call
Could drive any man, mad and wild.
And never the kiss,
She placed, on my lips.

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Parvathy Ramachandran

Parvathy Ramachandran is a writer and an academician. She started her career as a teacher at Al Noor International School, Bahrain, before she joined TKMM College, Nangiyarkulangara as Assistant Professor of English. She has also served Sree Narayana College for Women, Kollam. Parvathy’s fields of interest include poetry, short fiction, Transcultural studies, Gender studies, etc. She has presented papers national and international seminars. She published her debut anthology of poems, Late Night Lantern