~ by Kashif Qaimi

You are you…

How can I describe you in so few words?
You are everything that I adore, but cannot access

You are like the moonlight,
Which I can see, wrapped around my body.
I can feel her warmth upon my face,
But I cannot touch,
Neither can I have…

You are a cool sea breeze
Which one would miss if he wakes too late
And can never have again, no matter his desire

I am the one
Who woke up too late…

You are the dream which I see
While I am awake…

You are that pearl in the shell,
Lost in the ocean,

Impossible to bring back,
And I am the one who dropped that shell…

More words would I say,
But herein lies the truth:

It is you who are the moonlight…
It is you who are the cool sea breeze…
It is you who are the pearl…

You are the essence everything
Which I love, and yet cannot have.