* The Shore Of Love **

I swam in ocean of difficulties infested by the heartless sharks of hate and repugnant reptiles of social norms The mountainous waves of taunts chided me the twirling twisters of taboo threatened me The undersea volcano of criticism gnawed my very soul But, I steadied my wavering ship of will The sun of hope was beckoning me at horizon Gasping, I, clasped the reflected sunrays with both hands like a summer-dried fountain awaits those raindrops just to remain afloat, I burnt my last dropp of blood to keep my body engine breathing. At last, the stubborn fate succumbed and genuflected to my immobile will Ah, I reached the shore of love the divine love Anjali 04-08-2009