Life's Surprise

She was delicate

like a young plant sprinkled with

raindrops, her big, cool eyes like the

water-dripping buds.

I thank the universe,

for once bringing us together,

like two delicate flowers

woven into a garland,

that withered with time.

I could never deny

that she is the loveliest woman

I have ever met.

Every time I think

I couldn’t love her more,

I fall for her all over again.

The pain that has made me sleepless,

as I think of the cruelty

of being away from her,

will remain as a punishment.

Without her touch,

without her sight,

but always with the emptiness she left behind.

This feels like fate,

and she is my soulmate.

She became so precious to me,

that I could never dream of letting her go,

but fate chose a different path for us.

By

Sanji-Paul Arvind