On Tip Toes

Aching for love all along
craving all things nice
Taking risks, making moves
then paying their price

Waiting, wanting, thirsting
trying to read the signs
Sometimes accidentally even
triggering off the mines

Letting the world decide
that's how my life was spent
Movies, mags and others
defining what Love meant

Funny, how I never
listened to my heart
the very storehouse of Love
right from the start

Just when I gave up,
thinking Love meant only woes
that's when it walked right in
gently, on tip toes!

(c) Smita Rajan
13th Feb 2006