SOMETHING I LOOK AT-139
SOMETHING I LOOK AT-139
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY
BEYOND BODY AND MIND
Decades we spent
Enduring and dreaming a life
That never came by
Decades we lived in ourselves
Thinking about each other all the way
Respecting each other's feelings and dignity
Without trespassing into other's domain
Probably that is love at its very best
More fulfilling than thousand marriages
Decades passed
Neither I tried to meet you
Not you tried to meet me
We remained in each other as a sweet memory
Love those years
I never spent in grief and despair
But in weaving dreams of love
More fascinating than the real world
We enjoyed our dreams the way
One enjoys the summer shower
And bright sunshine in a chill morning
Days and years passed
We lived in each other's dream
In dreams, our love unfolded
In dreams, love matured
Bloomed into a beautiful flower
And found its ultimate fulfilment
When love degenerates into a relationship
It loses its grace and beauty
Love is beyond relationships
It neither needs a mind to conceive it,
Nor a body to express it
It is beyond body and mind, a feeling, a state of consciousness where one truly lives.
Love is too delicate to withstand
The scorching heat of sun and pears of shower,
Ego, arrogance and burden of a demanding relationship
It can not thrive in a society
Where jealousy and malice, treachery and hypocrisy Is the go of life.
After decades
When we at last met
I could never see those grey hairs, sunken eyes,
Tired hands and legs, ageing body and mind
I could only see my teenage love
Coming rushing to me with petals of love fluttering
Dancing eyes, quivering lips, and the aroma of
Wilted petals intoxicating me,
Taking me to the heaven of relationships,
My dreams and ecstasy
Where winds never stop blowing
Where rivers never stop flowing
Where there is perennial spring
Where cuckoo never stops singing
Where love never ages
Always in its teens.
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
11. 10. 2019
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