Love and Loyalty

Love

I was inside.

All by myself.

Too scared to venture out.

Whenever I went out alone, I got hurt.

I needed Loyalty.

 

Loyalty

I existed, but was rarely seen.

No one really cared about me.

No one believed in me.

I was not special.

There were many.

I needed Love.

 

The Bonding

We met, by chance.

Love came out seeing me.

Time passed, we became close.

Love started trusting me.

Love believed in me.

I assured Love that we would always be together.

 

 

From time immemorial,

Love and Loyalty walk hand in hand.

Loyalty found Love, Love found Loyalty.

One ceases to exist without the other.

If Loyalty walks away, Love lives alone.

 

In isolation.

In oblivion.

 

 

 

Abujh: The Un-Understanding

Who am I? I asked myself.

Do I really understand others? Do I realize what they go through or what they must be going through? Can I empathize with them? Can I feel their pain? Do I pretend to know? Can I know? Do I need to know? Do I need to understand either the understandable or the un-understandable?

No. I do not. I am Abujh – the Un-Understanding.

 

 

 

Life's Decades

I loved.

I waited…

I erred.

I expressed...

We loved.

I will wait...

 

 

 

Broken

No force.

No abuse.

No brittleness.

But so soft,

That it broke...

 

 

 

Glimpse of Hell

 

Single grey tick.

Double grey tick.

No double blue tick.

 

White circle.

Blue circle.

No profile picture in the circle.

 

Key-in the number.

Press the green ‘dial’ button.

Disconnect.

 

Last seen – today.

Active – 1 min ago.

Missed call.

 

Glaring at WhatsApp.

Staring at Facebook Messenger.

Looking at the phone.

 

In continuum.

Three months.

Eternity-like.

 

Painful.

Grieving.

Traumatic.

 

 My mind knew "Yes".

 My heart believed "Yes".

 Hope said "Yes".

 

I believed in myself.

 I trusted my Love.

 Faith was powerful.

  

The wait - long, never-ending.

Patience - tested.

Wholemates - reunited.

 

Hoping he’ll stay,

Come what may,

Till the end of my days.

 

Love is painful.

Love is beautiful.

Love is true.

 

This is Love.

Love is faith.

Faith is forever. 

 

 

The Storm

Perfect was the embrace

A carpet of lush green grass

Leaves fluttering carelessly

Wild flowers waltzing in the breeze

Nature freely adorned

Blazing and brilliant

Spirits in cheer

So beautiful

Tranquil

 

Distrait

The sky loomed dark

Unforeseen

A gale of wrath

Cried havoc

In needless divergence

Tossing in turmoil

An upheaval of the past

Conglomerated

Dumped into the present

 

Compunction prime

Winds of change

Soaring

Bursting the insanity

Emanating a heavenly halo

Sanity rebounds

The frosted blanket

Pristine

 

The sheer brilliance

Of a new dawn

Those beaming rays

Oh so mighty!

Evanesce the past

Luster the present

Pave the future

Encompass entirety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fisherwoman

The deep ocean,  infinite.

I search.

There are many.

A variety.

 

The waves sing.

I wait.

To the tune of the endless wait.

For the one.

 

The sun shines bright.

I see.

I reach far.

I smile.

 

Finally.

I hold close.

Happy.

At peace.

 

The sudden flash of silver.

Blinding. Blocking.

Squirming.

In Liberation.

 

The sun goes down.

The dry expanse around, bleak.

Desolated.

In Isolation.

 

I searched.

I waited.

I saw.

I held close.

I set free.

 

In Solitude.

 

No more searching.

Just waiting.

Offering.

Anticipating.

Holding close.

Keeping.

 

The Sun Will Rise Again Tomorrow.