Would you stop for a minute
and lie down by my side,
look up at the stars with me
beneath this blue night sky?

Would you tell me your story
your secrets and your fears
and trust me to keep them safely
as we peel away the layers?

Would you take me as I am
hurts and tears and all?
and seal each scar with a kiss
help me stand up when I fall?

Hold my hand and walk with me
I’ll stay forever by your side
hold you when you stumble
lean on you when I’m tired.

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
   13.12.2012

Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish

Winter is the time for snow,
Wind, hail, and blow!

**~Marian~

Take away my treasures
sexless connections
no touch no guilt
no lies to our parents
when they ask where we've been.
I want to scream how could
you? But I know exactly
how you could
God you say

& who could argue with that?
who could argue
with God?