The other day I was talking to a close friend of mine about broken relationships and broken hearts. I heard some very romantically heart-wrenching real life incidents during that conversation. Things about people moving on and never looking back at the devastation they caused. Stories of people living in the present clinging on to the memories of their past. Of people who are never able to move on. Of people who move on in the blink of an eyelid. Of relations that were meant to materialize and didn't -causing immense suffering to all involved. Of relations that weren't meant to materialize and did - again causing immense suffering to all involved.
I am not unromantic myself. I feel too deeply. I care too much. Though I reasoned out with my friend using cold logic and said that I do not advocate people wasting their entire lives for the sake of unrequited love...in my heart I can understand how it feels to be discarded, rejected and left behind...to be made a partner for some vividly colored warm days and then, to be left alone forever...to face the cold, grey days of loneliness.
I haven't tasted it yet,but I know its bitter. I haven't touched such loneliness, yet I know it is cold. I haven't seen such devastation with my own eyes, but I know it's shade is a morbid, dirty grey.
Here's a poem. Dedicated to all those who have loved from the depth of their beings, from their core, from the deepest reaches of their heart...to those who know that irrespective of whether lovers meet or not...life and time aren't powerful enough to wipe all the remembrances away. Once touched by the rainbow hues of romantic love, a part of your soul will forever be vividly colored...no matter how grey the cold days of loneliness. A part of your being, somewhere deep inside, will be a tiny rainbow, as long as you live.
(pssst....this is the first non rhyming poem I have composed. I didn't have much regard for non rhyming poems till late. But I am opening up now!)
The Rainbow in My Heart
I
I still remember
Those days of old
When you and I
Walked hand in hand
Along sea shores
Collecting shells
Milky white and Chocolate brown
And oyster shells
No pearls inside
All cream and beige
And then we found
One rainbow hued
Those days of old
When you and I
Walked hand in hand
Through green fields
Collecting flowers
Red and white
Purple, blue
Yellow and pink
With pollen dust
and fragrant dew
And then we found
One rainbow hued
When the days were young
And so were we
And hand in hand
We walked along
Through winding lanes
Treading gently
On fallen leaves
"rustle" "rustle"
Yellow, Orange
Autumnal shades
And then we found
One rainbow hued
Borne along
In the cool breeze
Of virgin nights
You and I
Walked along
Hand in hand
Counting stars,
Little lamps
On ink blue sky
And those that fell
On Earth's breast
And then we found
One rainbow hued
On lazy, cozy winter noons
Wrapped in fluffy
Cashmere wool
You and I
Walked along
Hand in hand
Watching birds
And counting them
Robins and sparrows
Parrots and koels
Flamingos too
And then we found
One rainbow hued
On evenings drenched
In the silver light
Of a full moon bright
You and I
Walked along
Hand in hand
Picking pebbles
On railway tracks
Black ,white, grey
Shiny, round
And cool and smooth
And then we found
One rainbow hued
I can still feel
The first rainfall
That drenched us both
You and me
Our hands entwined
Loving the sight
Of raindrops weaving
Myriad patterns
On spider webs
Countless drops
Diamond flecks
And then we found
One rainbow hued
In the warm circle
Of your arms
I first felt
Whatever it feels
When heart and mind
Lose partnership
When across distances
Meet two pairs
Of restless eyes
That moment divine
Coloured my life
With vivid tints
All rainbow hued
II
Nothing lasts
Forever, I know
The brightest rainbows
Fade with time
And leave behind
Moments covered
With layers of dust
The dust of time
Can't wipe this dust
It gets in the eyes
And tears fall
Salty droplets
Just a few
And amongst them one
Is rainbow hued
The shells collected
From the sands of time
The flowers - Red, White
Yellow, Blue
Fallen leaves and broken stars
And birds that have now flown away
The pebbles remain
With me, still
But the raindrops
On the spider's web?
I cannot find!
My arms outstretched
And your's withdrawn
I am a stranger now
To those restless eyes
But I am coloured
From head to toe
Violet, Indigo
Blue and Green
Yellow, Orange
And passionate Red
All rainbow colours
I stole from you
Oh! Owner of
My heart and soul
Just tell me once
You need not speak
A nod will do
Is a part of you
Still rainbow hued?
- Pallavi, 24th June 2012, Pune
Do you have such a personal rainbow somewhere in your heart too? Do you know someone who has?
No matter what the nature of your love story is, I hope you rate forgiveness and kindness towards the object of your affection, the highest on the list of virtues. Love that doesn't mold us into superior, better, more forgiving, kinder persons; cannot be love in its truest form.
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