Medusa
Medusa, you were betrayed by the godsthey called you a demon though
Your innocence, your purity of the body
and the soul was violated
You were a priestess,
praying in the temple of Athena, the goddess
without your consent you were taken away
by Poseidon the sea god
Athena cursed you
instead of cursing Poseidon
You prayed, you pleaded
but she did not heed
You lost your virginity to a god
You were heartbroken and devastated
what killed you more Medusa?
The physical violation of Poseidon
or was it the betrayal of Athena?
Whom you worshiped and revered
more than anyone in the universe
when you needed healing, Athena cursed
taking away your beauty,
isolating you from all others
was an act of envy,
justice was denied to you
It seems it is a universal curse
on womanhood by Athena.
Intimacy
Intimacy is
not merely about physicality
Intimacy is all about Truth
When you realise
you can tell your truth
when you can bare yourself to someone
when you can stand in front of someone
to show your most vulnerable self
your soft, sensitive side
Your tender feelings
You can narrate tales
of your dark, grey and bright side
You bare your heart and soul
when you are ready to work
to become a whole person
you expose yourself
you are still a work in progress
but accepted just as you are
you feel safe with that someone
that’s Intimacy.
Intimacy (2)
Intimacy can be
the most beautiful experience of life
because our existence is made of love
that is who we are.
It’s also the only way
of doing your own soul work
to become a complete Person.
it begins with getting naked
exposing your heart to each other
making yourself vulnerable
without judgment
Doing the inner work together
so the relationship can blossom
can be a daunting experience though
along with all the beauty that love brings
it can also bare old wounds
revisiting pain from the past
hidden behind walls built
to protect the heart
and until you are ready
to break those walls
to let the light in
your partner will never really
get to know who you are
or grow really close
the enemy is your own darkness within
It takes courage to pursue all that
love has to offer
and it begins with a willingness
to get naked with
that someone in your life
with whom you can be
naked at the soul level
someone who cares enough
about you to bare their heart
tell you their secrets
someone who will make
themselves totally vulnerable
because they love you
that’s real nakedness
that's real intimacy.
I Cultivate Silence
I turn my gaze inward
and cultivate silence
to harvest your love in my soul
since I understood what
unconditional acceptance is all about
you have been there
our synchronistic encounter seems to be
a part of a bigger plan of the universe
we may not be fully aware yet
but we cannot deny the fact that
since we happened to meet each other
it has transformed the mundane
into magical and it feels blissful
we dwell in each other's soul
a seamless fusion that transcends
the boundaries of geography, space and time.
I turn my gaze inward
and cultivate silence
to harvest your love in my soul.
Unconditional Love
Love by itself is not magic
it is a raw passion.
It turns sacred
when you become a custodian
of someone's dream
and hold it in your palm
as a fragile petal.
When someone else’s heart break
hurts you more than that someone,
when you exist more
for that someone
whom you don't even get to see,
feel, touch or hug,
or you can take a walk together in the woods
love shatters the illusion of what is perfect
all that is imperfect is transmuted
when two souls merge together
and become a perfect union
they just belong to each other
without any promise
they stay committed
without saying so,
that is unconditional love.
I Become
I become
what your love makes out of me
your laughter echoes in my soul
your thoughts linger in my heart
you vibrate in my cells and tissues
I belong to you more than I exist
I empty myself in you each moment
I am nothing now
I may have become you.
Until Then...I Will Wait
I want to leavemy past baggage behind
melt all frozen wounds
of bitterness and resentment
forget all betrayal, deceit, heart breaks
cut cords with demons within
purge and come clean
burn all bridges
reach a point of no return
I will transmute into
a vibrant rainbow coloured butterfly
then flutter over your soul with tender kisses
I will be in the here and now
I will then confess my feelings
commit myself
I wish to love you each moment
you are not an option
you never were
you are my priority
and occupy every inch of space
of my existence
beyond the physical realm
I will transcend my love
and merge with you
oh I am still a work in progress
let me transform
I will come to you
when I am ready for you
Until then.... I will wait.
I Am Alive
I have more hope in this moment
than memories
the demons within
are leaving one by one
the fear of betrayal, deceit, heart breaks
the fear of showing my tenderness
even to a soul mate
the fear of falling in love once again
are vanishing
I have stood at standstill
fearless of the storms, the turbulence
the disruptions
the agony of revisiting my past wounds
I have come to terms with my darkness
I am able to relish my light
I am rejuvenated
I am alive now
That's the power of love.
Hopelessly Hopeful
Not sure whether any of my poems
will survive the test of their time and place
Not sure whether my love
will survive it's time and place
Not sure of anything anymore
and yet I am hopelessly hopeful
that maybe both will survive
Impossible is possible
the magic of love
the magic of a poem
when we merge and dance the cosmic tango
the love filled poem or
poem filled love
have a chance to survive
their time and place
both are born out of my survival.
I am so hopelessly hopeful.
You Float In My Solitude
For your presence
I do not long
you exist in me
as my very own
when I see myself in the mirror
I see you
that doesn't even surprise me
I feel safe when I feel you
by my side all the time
I am not intimidated
by your constant presence
you float in my solitude
and yet I am only with myself
I have bared my authentic self before you
you have seen my naked truth
in silence and in my words
I have poured my existence
into your soul
where I am at home
I have not ever craved
for your physical presence
I know that you know
we live in each other.
I Am Not A Poet
I am not a poet
I am a book of poems
Every leaf of my life page
weaves a new story
A broken soul is
healing each day
each passing moment
Colours are now
dazzling my gaze
Words are flowing
through my pen
I’m feeling the feelings
I once dread
A smile long forgotten
has come back
like a long lost friend
learning to pick up
my tired wings
and fly again
Learning to
fall in love again
just this time
in this season of autumn.
How Much Is Too Much
How much is too much
when you meet somebody just by chance
and instantly get into a deep conversation
How much is too much
When you start sharing your life bit by bit
and don't know
where to stop
How much is too much
When you express
your raw feelings
and bare your true self
Open up layer by layer
your joy and grief
How much is too much
to become so, so vulnerable almost naked in your purity
How much is too much
on this day
when autumn begins ...
Sangeeta Gupta is a Delhi based bilingual poet, writer, artist and filmmaker.
Her achievements include 36 solo exhibitions of paintings, and 35 published books, including 16 anthologies of poems in Hindi and 7 in English. 11 of her collections of poetry are translated into German, Greek, Mandarin, Hungarian, English, Bangla, Dogri, Tamil and Urdu. She has directed, scripted, and filmed 35 documentaries; 6 are archived in the Library of Congress, US. Song of the Cosmos (Prithvi Fine Art & Cultural Centre (ART & DEAL), 2019) is her creative biography. She was a highly commended poet of the year 2020 in the category of Faith-centred poetry by Destiny Poets, International Community of Poets(ICOP),Wakefield, UK. She was awarded a Doctor Of Literature honour by the 42nd World Congress of Poets (2023).
