a golden leopard

I spent

the first half

of my years looking

for a true friend.

Love arrived one day and

said -

 my  dear companion, look

in the mirror and tell me -

you have been looking

for yourself.

I wanted to be like everyone else

in the neighborhood

I went on my business

wearing a veil  and hiding

the moon and the sun  in my chest

until a golden

Leopard from the near by

forest came and tore me

open.

I woke up from deep

sleep and looked around.

The sky poured honey

and fresh milk.

everything sparkles like

a new born.

For a very long time

I could not say what I felt

in that moment.