Sleepless, restless, nights that are
found at the end of nervous and anxious days
Distasteful, silly fights that have
led to separate ways
And when it ends it leaves behind a
wounded heart
With faces buried in wet palms as your
world falls apart
Storing all the feelings in your head
and calling it the ‘heart’
Heart throbs that are like heart
attacks when you part
Your heart rises
above your head
You are declared
alive if your heart beats even when your brain is dead
Even after that someone's long gone
they can still hurt you and make you cry
And makes you roll in laughter, smile
and be the last person you think of just before you die
You're engrossed with someone across
all dimensions, in every sense and all spheres
Someone's voice is music to your ears
When you see that someone it's a treat
for your sight
Someone's scent appeals to your smell
Someone's name is all your lips can
spell
Someone's touch just feels perfectly
right
When time seems seamless
And despite all of it is spent
together it is still less
You can't account for give or take...
There are no conditions to make or
break
It’s hard to measure the level of
equality...
And certainly not something that can
be tamed within a quantity
Dreams believed to be reality
That bowed to emotion’s tyranny
If it didn't work carrying a broken
heart all along
Hoping that someday all will be right
although currently all may be wrong
Someone's care can nurse you to good
health
Your happiness is someone's greatest
wealth
Waiting for someone forever even if
that person may not return ever...
It happens just once and doesn't seem
to happen again even in a time called never...
Or let’s say it happens truly only
once in forever
If you think it can happen again
perhaps it hasn't yet happen to you ever
Even at its fullest might and power
It's rarely equal or at par
Sometimes it's sweet, sometimes sour
It really depends on whether that
someone is near or far
When distances are measured in minutes
and hours
And time apart is measured in terms of
Mars
Habitually doodling that name in the
sand grain
Finding an extra boon for each and
every bane
At the mention of a name when you
can’t help but smile…
As others banter, thinking of that
someone all the while
Humming mindlessly amidst a judgmental
crowd
Smiling thinking of moments that made
you proud
It drives you crazy yet you are the
most sane you’ve ever been
It hurts like hell, at times, but it’s
the best of times you’ve ever seen
It’s something you could even die for
Yet, if it’s in your life, no matter
how much you have of it, you’ll still want more
Heartbeats that have skipped on
occasions so many
Making wagers to be together forever
with fate and destiny
Concealing the glow that radiates with
the mention of a certain name
Turning every boring second in to a
romantic waiting game
Plucking off petals from roses to make
the heart gloat
Sinking in a bottomless pitcher of
complications yet feeling buoyant and being afloat
The rising of the pith as you meet
Falling head over heels, again and
again, with every heartbeat
Each time trying to take the bull by
its horn
Contemplating when it all began and
when this complex situation was born
Pouring your heart into a stranger
(earlier) unknown
Laying a red carpet as one walks
towards your heart’s throne
Saying an earnest prayer each time
someone’s life isn’t fine
Losing track of oneself in addition to
the day, date, month and time
Caring for someone beyond compare
Finding reasons to talk about them to
everyone, everywhere
Being oblivious to the world around
Talking to yourself, losing your
senses, just going out of bound
Seeing dreams of the future with open
eyes
Finding the truth in every obvious
blatant lies
Developing a secret language that is
known only to the two
Discovering the dancer, singer and
poet in you out of the blue
You find yourself writing long letters
and mails
You begin to believe in the 'happy
endings' of fantasy-filled fairy tales
All the words in the world can't seem
to explain or express the feeling inside
It's an ailment that doesn't seem to
get cured even after every remedy has been tried
An unknown new feeling messes with
your head
Someone can make you blush till you
turn red
You start showing interest in an
unfathomable mystery
You begin to see romance even in
History
Life just seems to pass by with a
smile on your lips
You consider yourself to be a master
of the game and are generous with your tips
You go crazy looking for something you
hadn't ever lost to begin with
When Utopia is all you can believe in
and Dystopia is an impossible myth
When happiness perks
When fate smirks
Sorrows sulk and sadness lurks
In every shadow of darkness with
someone's thought you find the light
And even after all the battles are
lost, for someone's sake you are ready to fight
Someone's honour and glory has become
the motto of your life's story
Somewhere you know you're falling in
And
if it hasn't yet begun it will soon begin
Because some outsider has shifted
within
You feel like you've been taken for a
spin
Your Heart develops a personality of
its own
And your heartbeats acquire a musical
tone
You start seeing that someone
everywhere
In reality that someone's just in your
thoughts not actually there
Being in it adds a new dimension to
you
Embracing it is an experience of which
you never knew
A selfish yet selfless you is soon
born
And to a formerly unknown unheard of
commitment you are sworn
Yet you cannot assume, although as
strong as it is, it can stand unmoved or alone
Like everything in life, to situations
and circumstances, adverse or favourable, it is prone
Trying to be interested, for the sake
of that someone, in something you are not
A certain someone is in every fragment
of your each and every thought
Some of its memories may fade away but
the feelings linger on
Its sweetness never relents and yet
its bitterness is never completely gone
If you've been in it long enough it
becomes an inseparable part of you
If it ever reduces it not only empties
your heart and life but drains you too
Just the way its birth cannot be
traced its death is untraceable...
Some believe that it does end yet most
believe it’s immortal
When to someone you can be completely
true
And accept that someone, without any
quid pro quo, the way one has accepted you
You don't wait for people to pass away
to cherish their value
You make the most of your time together and ensure every dream comes true
You can take on someone else's sorrows
The past can be forgiven and forgotten
for better tomorrows
Its intensity doesn't diminish over
time
To you that someone is always prime
It doesn't matter if you are near or
far because the distance, in between, only increases its power
Its mesmerizing feeling cannot be
ignored
No matter how much time you spend
together you don't get bored
Makes your heart feel young no matter
how old you are
It can happen anywhere, anytime to
anyone, age is no bar
When you call someone with every possible
name in the book
When you can't help catch a glimpse
and steal one look
The rest of the world seems to
disappear
The person who matters seems to be the
only one here
It is that someone's soul that appeals
to you
It's a message of divinity that seems to
get through
When life's actually complicated yet
feels simple
They say it shows on your nose through
a pink pimple
Like an arrow that pierces the heart
It feels sure like the bulls eye was
hit on the dart
The world seems to begin and end at
someone
Your head and your heart are lost yet
you've won
Just for its sake you can change to be
your best
Because your heart has chosen that
someone from the rest
When as per someone’s birthdate or
important numbers your passwords are set
And you remember them, believing that
they are thinking of you, for every hiccup you get
When you start seeing the beauty of
everything
When even in space you hear birds sing
When life is a dream realized
And every moment you are surprised
Forget taking your eyes off when you
can't take your mind off a person
To you every word someone speaks is
gospel and every sentence a sermon
When there's no time for anything or
anyone else
In your veins you can feel that
someone's pulse
With someone around all your senses
heighten
And even though your guards are down
your guts tighten
When everything under the sun falls in
place
When you are bowled over by someone's
kindness and grace
When everything around may lose its
meaning yet all makes perfect sense
Irrespective of that someone being
there or not you feel their presence
You finally appreciate the blue skies
and the green grass
You finally figure out how frozen time
can pass
They say nothing lasts forever but
you're sure this will
And every adventure together brings
along a new thrill
When countless times your inner self
enquires about your feelings for that someone dear
When each time you reply with three
distinctive words into your heart's ear
That special one is all your eyes can
search for
When someone just walks through your
mind's door
When you find someone so pure
When someone's smile has every
possible cure
Tears from another's eye makes you cry
Looking in to someone's eyes you just
can't lie
When logic and reasoning take a back
seat
When the earth shifts from right
beneath your feet
In winters when you find the warmth of
summer and every season feels like spring
You hurt proof yourself and no
hardships seem to sting
You wait for Winter just to cuddle
someone
Spring becomes synonymous with
someone's smile
No matter how harsh it is, you can only
feel the warmth of the Summer sun
You begin to appreciate the beauty in
Autumn's dried leaves pile
Every season provides a good reason to
celebrate your feeling
Irrespective of how extreme it may be
each weather seems appealing
In the cold when there's a hand to
hold
When someone's presence turns the heat
into a pleasant treat
And the rains provide a romantic
dimension
You walk through life's weather
without any tension
Being in it is more of a boon than a
bane
And every effort to stay away from someone
goes in vain
When melancholy dusks begin to seem
romantic
When every dreamy night seems
whimsically dramatic
When you wake up to someone's reality
like a dream come true
And in the afternoons waiting to meet
someone is all you can do
Every fairy-tale and fantasy that ends
happily seems like your own tale
Happiness is robust and troubles are
frail
When you know that someone’s love is
keeping you alive
And with that love at your side,
through all adversities you can survive
Someone’s with you through thick and
thin
When you don’t have to look outside as
your strength lies within
When you find someone written in the
lines of your fate
And that someone is indeed your soul
mate
While thinking of someone the wrinkles
on your forehead disappear
And your latent drives reappear
Although there's no real way to
measure it
You always think yours is more for
that someone by at least a little bit
It is responsive and mutual
And if it isn't it's considered
unnatural
Adversities challenge you and
circumstances test you beyond your wits
Yet it’s so strong that, come what
may, you don't call it quits
For that someone you stand your ground
Sometimes even when that person isn't
around
For the deeper it gets the more
unconditional it becomes
The more it’s tested the stronger it turns
When if need be you can handle the
fort alone without any despair
And yet believe that someone's always
there
You have no recollection of being sunk
or low
You always feel buoyant and are
on-the-go
Opportunities begin to knock your door
When you finally admit that you
couldn't have asked for any more
Whether pleasant or adverse everything
just passes by
And you see it through without a
twitch or a sigh
Something is lost yet it has just been
found
It's like an epiphany so profound
The greatest of greatest have bowed to
its enchanted powers
In vain, they have pondered over it
for countless hours
You aren't sure how you lived life so
far without that someone
But are sure you can't live the rest
of your life without the one
You can share your space with someone
without feeling intruded
The feelings are not superficial but
really deep-rooted
Life seems to be as special as it can
be
And 'I' very naturally becomes 'we'
You have no qualms about agreeing to
disagree
Someone may belong to you but they are
free
If thoughts don't match there is no
hard feeling
When 'live and let live' seems fair
and appealing
You enjoy each other's company beyond
belief
It's all-in-one, the joy, pain, remedy
and the relief
Someone is embedded in your pensieve
When it's the best you thrive to
achieve
No matter what, you wouldn't cheat,
you are fiercely loyal
And although your heart is enslaved to
someone else it treats itself as some royal
The mind seems to feel like it is in a
palace of dreams
Life seems like a movie showing on
silver screens
Every apprehension seems to disappear
in thin air
The head feels comforted, floating
well above realms of despair
You start reading someone else’s
horoscope as well
You begin to care what their stars
tell
When a moment can’t pass without
thinking about someone
And if it does, it feels incomplete
and undone
When you give away your heart and
can’t take it back
Every fight leads to a heartache and
appends a crack
When in someone’s company you find
serenity
You begin to worship someone as
divinity
You start celebrating Valentine's Day
and thank a certain angel called Cupid
Wearing matching red and standing with
a boquet of red roses doesn't feel stupid
Despite having heard all the
horrendous things people say
You fall in it anyway
The only thief you will not only
forgive but also go crazy about
Is the one and only you are convinced
about without a doubt
Opening up yourself to that someone
seems to happen naturally
You feel like being honest with
someone without any third degree
And with that someone your conscience
feels guilt-free
When you want to share everything you
know without any hang-ups or hesitation
You know then that your heart has
reached its destination
And in someone's questions and answers
you find your own explanation
That's when you just know it
You've bitten that exciting bullet
Although you've been shot dead but you
feel more alive than ever before
And you just can't seem to get
yourself to ask for anything more
You won’t change your mind about
someone with whom your heart has been exchanged
That someone, unknown earlier to your
fate, has now been named
For stealing someone’s heart you are
blamed
And the person who stole your heart
too has been framed
Your imagination begins to run wild
and your inhibitions are tamed
For someone you can stay hungry and
thirsty the entire day without any compulsion
And that too not for superstition or
tradition but just for pure passion
With someone in your arms every
moment, each day...
Life stays out of harm’s way
Age doesn't matter as it's ageless
It liberates you like a bird that’s
cage less
It’s the air in your lungs and the
wind beneath your wings
It’s in the blood of your veins and
sound with which your ear rings
When the paths of two journeys
intersect
And two hearts have accidently met
Lines of fate and destiny too finally
seem to meet
While every thought dances to each
heart beat
As boundaries and distances gradually
dissolve
Some unexpected of feelings and
emotions evolve
Life seems afloat on a bottomless pool
of joy and pleasure
As though it has found an inexhaustible
treasure
As long as your heart is there
You will feel that someone every time
and everywhere
It is like divine blessings have
knocked on your heart's door
Like dew drops from Heaven pour
There's so much to say
But words seem shelved away
As if kept for another day
You fall in its abyss only to rise
Each day is filled with novelty and a
pleasant surprise
And every moment is to cherish,
treasure and prize
It has its own course of ups and downs
But somehow your smiles, by far, out
do your frowns
It feels right no matter how wrong the
world deems it to be
It is strong no matter how meek it may
seem to be
Two souls merge in to one
And their conviction surges to the Sun
A revelation dawns upon you
You just know it's sure, pure and true
It's here to stay and for the keeps
And its enigma makes it way and seeps
No pain is just skin deep
And every happiness is steep
You know smiles are here to mop up
every tear
When you can always say 'I did, I do,
I will'
Across all three dimensions of time
your feelings spill
Someone’s designated as your anchor’s
keel
Everything that someone does is a big
deal
Your heart carries that someone’s
stamp, signature and seal
There is no hurt that special one
can’t heal
Although so much has been written on
this subject, it’s still hard to express how you really feel
The realms of life and death are
dissolved
When this immortal feeling is involved
You not only accept but also cherish
someone for who they were, could be and are
And are committed to that someone
irrespective of whether they are near or far
Life is as magical as it can get
You are on a winning streak winning
every wager and bet
You flaunt someone else's enigma
And don't care about the society's
stigma
Someone's panache is reflected in your
style
It remains in vogue forever, all the
while
Conversations, comprehendible, can be
made with unspoken words
People around call you 'Love Birds'
The bliss of being in it exceeds the
risk of the pain it can cause
Once you're in it, your heart's
forever set on the play button without any pause
It's the only time you let a happy
sigh
You can't get yourself to say 'bye'
All the pain and gain you have gone
through as per the list above
Is nothing but a euphemism called
love!
3200 words dedicated to love – started
at around 2 am on 29th August 2012 – around 6 pm on 20th
November 2012. I don’t reckon that this poem can ever end…
Dedicated to my very first
love-plagued giddy-headed romantic novels, the Cherries Aren’t Red series – for
dreams should be bigger than the one who sees them.
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