Reborn In Your Embrace

No, I don't love you. Then I wonder why I long to hear you? The softness of your whisper The glitter of your laughter The sparkle of your fervour- all, I long them all. See, the glow in horizon. Wearing red, you appear there. Your arms stretched to embrace me Your smile bloomed to nourish me Your warmth alive to awaken me. And I am awoken. I am awoken to this beautiful world The flowing river, the blowing breeze The singing swallow, the blooming flowers All so magnificent, all so welcoming With your gracious appearance. Yet I know I don't love you. Love is too long of a journey to walk on. Yet I am on it. I am crawling but I am moving. And if you are around I would go on and on Until my soul dies and heart stops. I am so absorbed in you! Your lips sweeten my soul your whisper dances with my heart your smile brighten my existence. Even thinking about you Make me smile, make me sing Make me dance in rain. You know, life is always painful. Yet no pain seems to be a pain If you allow me- to hold you, touch you, care you. Often I wonder if love is the greatest panacea of human suffering then why human is lost in mirage of earthly pleasure? I am blessed with power of your love. In your embrace- I see what can not be seen I feel what can not be felt. I am so rich, I am so happy. I bow before you- you have freed me from dungeon of suffering you have lifted me from darkness of ignorance. O my love I am reborn in your embrace. © Arun Maji Painting by Thomas Kent Pelham