Microsoft Paint

we’ve walked under

sheets of clouds

admired them just the same

giggling rambling tumbling

stories back and forth

our hearts hold acquaintance

for quite some time now

the universe strummed

by your fingers,

my feet - tiptoeing on its planets,

we catch moons

eat sparkling stars,

I pet dogs,

you make faces at babies

we share the same truths,

fight the same evils

graceful

mistake making machines

Dubai - India all the same.

you are Microsoft Paint.

and me?

I’m the crooked jagged

flowers you’d draw.

rattling thoughts

in tiny bones,

love bartered for love

over laptop screens.

ocean babies

living in waves.