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