Unlocked — Poetry
Love is indeed the shortest, most enigmatic term I’ve ever come across. It is such a convoluted concept that everyone has their own unique interpretation of it, which manifests in abstract forms, either on idle Sunday musings or on tipsy evenings, shaped by personal experiences, philosophers, or Sitcoms. I’ve been figuring out ‘Love’ for about a decade now, searching for my own unique one-liner definition. One that subsumes all facets of the beautiful concept and effectively answers this question that you, at some point in your life, would have definitely come across:
What is Love?
Like any other Love post, allow me to disappoint you with this one by not giving you the crisp one-liner answer to the legendary question you’d be expecting by now. However, I’ll leave you with a couple of thoughts that I’d urge you to ponder upon, and we can always agree to disagree on these:
- Love is as profound and as simple as you think it is.
- Like a fair coin, love is endowed with both happy and hurtful sides.
- All you need is your own self to feel the real essence of love.
On that note, in all possibilities, there could exist that one person who acts as a mirror and helps you look inward, to understand and accept the idiosyncrasies of your own persona, and realize the true potential of love that you carry within.
I am grateful to have found such a person who has simplified all the complexities of the concept of love and helped me experience it on a much deeper level. An artist unlike anyone I’ve ever met, she brings out the best version of me. Indeed, there was magic on that flamboyant night of Christmas, when we met for the very first time at the Unlocked Cafe, Ahmedabad. A girl with an immensely beautiful mind, she unlocked me inside out and is truly the missing jigsaw piece to my being. As we set out to take the next big step in the delightful journey of our relationship, I dedicate this poem to my love, the kind that comes once in a lifetime.
“I, a wandering philosopher confined in a shell of inhibition,
scant of words, candid on the surface, with a wistful composition.
You, my dear, an excellent sorceress,
acquaintance from a divergent past, a rare enchantress.
Effortlessly binding me into your alluring spell,
you unleash the burning desire that has long been kept suppressed,
erupting from your tender lips, flaring up a passionate unrest.
The rapture infuses with my spirit, impregnating each and every cell,
through your quivering fingertips, running gently on my bare chest.
An artist of no equal, you paint my unvarnished canvas abstract,
as you affectionately embrace me into your bosom, like a treasured artifact.While experiencing the heat of being in your possession,
I witness the profoundness of your soul, deeper than a fathomless ocean.
For it is pristine and unblemished, built on an immaculate foundation,
of rejuvenating positivity and thoughts remarkably inspirational.
Sliding into a transient state of admiration,
I wonder if you’re real or just my mind behaving delusional,
upon witnessing that feminine perfection,
that exists only in fables, conceived during a myriad of daydreaming sessions.You, my sorceress, and I, your finest piece of illusion,
communicating in the poetic language of love you comprehend.
Unlock me down to the core, you own the key to my creation.
Read me like an open book, and listen to the words I never expend.
Liberate me from this torturous longing,
for every moment spent bereft of your presence crushes my heart.
Fuse into me, my beloved soulmate, and never be apart.”
Fin.
What are your thoughts about love? Do share in the comments and leave a clap if you liked my poetry :-)
