Desert Rose

This one is not written by me, but are my favorite line.....

It's a song by 'Stings'.....

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of fire
Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire

This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

And as she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothing's as it seems

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes
This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

Sweet desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

Sweet desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower
This rare perfume, is the sweet intoxication of the fall

Past revisited

Standing on the corridor of my life,

I peep into the darkness of the past,

Feels like its pulling me inside,

Refreshing the thoughts of those days,

Time seems like taking its toll on life,

But it has been a long time since then.

Heart’s betraying the mind; life’s changing its phase,

The time wrap is pulling me in, and there’s no one to save me,

I don’t want it again but don’t know what to do,

The feeling is still alive there and here.

Is it the same old feeling?

Or just a sense of caring,

The dilemma of life is really complicated,

And I need to resolve it.

The conflict of heart and brain,

Don’t know who will win,

But only thing I wish,

It won’t be the same thing again,

I can’t bear it again, the pain,

It’s too tough, it’s too hard,

I can’t take the pain again.

Helpless when she smiles

She keeps her secret in her eyes,

She wraps the truth in her lies,

Just when I can’t say, what she’s done to me,

She comes to me and leads me back to paradise,

As I am helpless when she smiles.

I am like a hurricane,

Blazing storm in a pondering rain,

But when she comes in front of me,

All my pride is in vain,

Because I am helpless when she smiles.

She dances away like a child,

She drives me crazy, she drives me wild,

When she goes out of sight,

I keep questioning my mind,

Why am I helpless when she smiles?

I am the ruler of my kingdom,

I rule it with my wisdom,

Even in this dream of mine,

She rule me with her freedom,

But still I’m helpless when she smiles.

Lonely heart

Although I used to be with her,

It has been a long time, we have been separated from each other,

But still in my heart deep inside me,

Her image is as clear as it used to be,

The remembrance, it has always been with me,

And now it seems to be deluding me.

The thoughts of her have freshened up again,

And her beauty has dazzled me again,

I still remember, yes I do clearly remember,

Everything about her, that attracted me towards her.

The glaze of innocence in her dark eyes,

I still see it when I close my eyes,

The radiance she had in her smile,

I still feel it deep down inside me,

Her lips as soft as petals,

I still feel them always in my dreams,

The feeling of being with her,

I still experience it whenever I am lonely.

Although I used to be with her,

But it has been a long time both for me and her,

Shall I go back to her? Or just keep moving away from her,

Neither I feel like returning to her,

Nor I feel like spending my life without her,

It’s too hard, it’s too difficult, but I have to decide,

And it has to be for both, me and her.