no more can i resist you
no more can i pretend to you
subtle that my hints were
not that i was aware.
longing for your voice
wakes me up in dreams
telling me to call you
only to know its two.
this love that i have
existing like a corpse
beggar that it is
without your existence.
everytime i see you
brings it alive
pushing me within
to take you in my arms.
Stupid that i am
trying to jam
jammed that it is
wanting to find its way.
know that i am afraid
afraid to say what i am
but no more can i be
because its time to me
to put an end to my ordeal
is not in my hands,
loving unknowingly is all i can do
and i accept its true.
fallen that i have
on the ruins of love before
darkened are its stairs
leading up nowhere.
prince that i was
on this very ruins once
castle that it was
underneath my white horse
long that it has been
without a princess in pink
leading to its downfall
ruined castle that it is.
the key that you hold
to the castle within me
open my heart you princess
you are the one meant to be.
i know that we belong
to dynasties spread in time
nowhere that our kins have met
nor in love or war.
must'nt that be a point
which tears us apart
even the mughal akbar found her
jodha that she was
a conquerer that he was
from far away lands.
but in all his glory
fades that he at my castle.
because i am the true prince
out to conquer one.
many times has that one been
only to falter at the steps
proof of being a princess
is taken on the long gap
by making her walk
the long faltering steps.
the steps of my ruined castle
lead to the throne within
long is its spawn
upto the horizon of dawn.
let that be a walk
with you on my horse
because princess that you are
proven is your mettle
no walk that you need
to prove it better.
no more can you hold
the keys to my castle
my time is already cold
to have you in my castle.
come be my princess
oh you player
player that you are
on the fields of love.
get it sure this time
that wants me to be your prince
this pathetic heart of mine
screaming from its veins;
"i love you"
©raj daftary
