The colour of my blood
was never red
You chose to jump in
Red sari and all and it turned this hue
There was all that heavenly gunk on You
Which naturally
got washed off
Into my blood stream
Which imperfect human beings
In their urge to label everything neatly
call cancer.
My black love
Only I know the ecstasy
of You bathing within me.
Lakshmi Bayi
Thiruvathira Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi was born the XII Princess of the erstwhile royal family of Travancore.
