Like a beautiful boat,

Studded with a number of gems

That enlighten the path,

Heading to the imperturbable lover,

Love sails with the tide of the sea.

Faith static as the sky immobile;

Purity of fire in rose-like tender heart;

And patience of a river to embrace the ocean’s breast

Are the armours that defend love

From Time’s cruel axe.

Like a huge banyan tree,

It gives cool and comforting shadow

When the mesmerizing beloved hugs

Her lover, surrendering her chores

To his everlasting creation.

                                                          ~Alok Mishra

                                                            Fatehpur, India