Chattrasal's Promise

 In the darkest room of the brightest palace

Sat a princess in turmoil, 

Her mind in distress 

Questions unanswered 

She lets her thoughts float in the night sky.

"I often wonder if you forgot me 

Every time you go back home 

Every time you see your kin.

Little by little, you perhaps realise

How different I am from you.

How different our lives are 

No matter how closely entwined.

I cry myself to sleep 

Ready to give up on our dreams, 

I move an inch closer to God 

A mile away from you 

And light years nearer to Love."


Far beyond the valleys and plains, 

Miles away from her sight, 

In a palace above a plain 

Stood a man in sight.

The walls around him shone bright blue, 

Pictures painted on the walls, 

Some of him, some of kins 

Others of stories heard and seen.

Could he ever forget her?

The smiling eyes he had seen?

His fingers lingered on the farthest pillar, 

Upon a painting hidden on the beam.

There she was, like he'd imagined. 

And the artists must have seen; 

There she was in a corner of his room 

And in his heart in entirety.

Could the distance demean such yearning? 

Could society stop such love? 

Could their souls stay separated long, 

In such worldly affairs? 


Decades later, her frail body awaited 

Whispering to the wind, "The time has come", 

There she saw him in the brightest star 

Smiling down, telling her to surrender 

Her long, tiring battle was now over.

He gave her his hand, 

Slipped her away into oblivion, 

With his soul to the Taj 

There in the moonlight 

The cupids witnessed 

The epitome of Love.

~ Suranya



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