Her dulcet voice

She bothers her larynx to say something to her friends,
my quest for her mellifluous voice ends.

True- I eavesdrop when she speaks,
just to listen to her dulcet voice
and rejoice.

Her voice is mellow- as that of a cuckoo bird,
it invades me and I get enraptured
and my mind is captured
by thoughts about her.

The profoundness of my love is immense,
somehow- owing to diffidence-
I cannot divulge, rouse my feelings.

I gather energy and look at her visage
and I discover two eyes looking at me.
This stirs up glee but my anxiety
remains unaltered.

Her lovely gaze continues but I
am a bit shy
and cannot maintain the eye-contact for long-
my sturdy heart is not adequately strong
to look into her eyes for anything above three seconds.

I tread on, but my ears remain alert,
to avert
the mishap of missing out
the melodious, mellifluous and mellow voice of my girl-
who is as precious as a pearl.

I heed her say, "I have to admit; confess; avow,
that guy stole my heart just now." 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it is rough to go through this...hearing her voice, being in love with her, and she speaks in romantic tones to someone else...i like the contradictions early on...the cuckoo bird part...mellow yet grating because her words aren't for me...and i really like "she bothers her larynx" great image there...

and the alliteration of "mishap of missing out"

[Vatsal Rohilla (account shifted)]

Thank you very much, sir for your deep and detailed review.

[Shabeeh Haider]

A beautiful poem. in the end it is all well :)

[Vatsal Rohilla (account shifted)]

Again, thanks for your review.

[Country boy183798]

It's fascinating how love can take over the strongest hearts, and no matter how strong in will we are, love can break us all. A truly powerful and beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing it and keep on writing.

[Vatsal Rohilla (account shifted)]

Very well said, EdReilly- love can invade the strongest hearts and break us all. Thanks fo your nice review.