Love Stories

 Beyond the crowd of civilisation's woе 

Stories of immortality and fondness grow; 

Of star-crossed lovers divided by fate 

Society is repeating the same mistakes.

Of caste and creed, religion and status 

Power and blood, endings disastrous. 

Of Poets who roam mad in imagination 

And Heroes who die for their beloved nation. 

Mothers who took their child to war, 

Sons who fought to prevent their Jauhar. 

Then again, there are monuments of Love, 

That glow in glory in the moon beam and star dust.

And some stories lost in the pages of the past, 

Tales of war and cries of lust; 

Of queens who followed their kings to exile, 

And princesses who waited all their lives to unite. 

Waiting with eager, anxious eyes on the horizon 

In their palaces, they lived in oblivion;

Let this universe be made of such Love, 

That lives beyond a day's celebration and show off. 

Let the promises be loud and clear, 

And Love is an act of valour. 

Let stories like these, big and small 

Be eternal and live on.

© Suranya