Sunday, 13 February 2022

Love

What is love?

Everything is beautiful when we love

Beauty is ephemeral.

Do people with no sight know not 

what is beauty?


We lose our loved ones.

You cannot imagine your life 

without the granny, who is your personal storyteller.

The brother, who is your cheerleader.

The father, who is your best friend.

All the indispensable relations

from whom you've borrowed bits

to become who you are today.

Or, the youth that bestows your arrogance.

This list does not end.

Is everything beautiful

because it does not last?

Do we value what we love most,

Or, do we value something  

because we cannot hold on to it?


I cannot talk about loving you

without all other kinds of love

Because you taught me

that to love is to accept everyone

the way they are.


I am very miserly with love!

And, you have so much to give!

I would not have known true love

if not for you.


I am not saying you are 

one of a kind.

But your kind is rare.

And I am the luckiest

to have found you first.