Love - To You

On the enticed path of love, I set my foot

seeking the blessings of all, hoping to find the loot;

Dancing with fate and flirting with destiny, I seemed to do all right

in the beginning, when all that was on offer were pleasantries in light.

As I trotted on, I discovered a newer me, full of ideas not rife

The hidden desires, seeking the pleasures of life

all came to life, with a longing and yearning unseen before

I let it loose, to wander in coy, letting in sin with candor

My path I thought, I could see it unfold

Alas, only a fool I was being. For the path of love is not all of gold.

When the sun set and when the moon faded, I didn't know

Without me knowing, my spirits took me with it for a heavenly blow

I let my soul sink, in the ocean of elixir, or so I thought

But not long, before I realized the folly of it

In darkness you can't travel; directionless you cant proceed

helplessness came over me; I wanted to turn back and recede

The speed with which I came, the eagerness that prevailed

All of that gave way to emptiness, for I saw only darkness entwined

A state of confusion; an array of thoughts all seeming to overpower me

I though to myself - is this what I set for? losing my heart's lee?

Vicissitudes of life; just as seasons, thoughts change

A moment of bliss, another with sorrow making one lynch

learning and unlearning, life forces us to learn

The best of teachers, it sets us right and makes us sane

As the wheels of life turn, so does the rim gain strength

making us able to withstand all roads, dirty, muddy of varying depth

After all, what is a journey if there be no adventure

without any takeaway and lessons to capture

just as the flower, I withered; only to bloom again

with the rays of the sun, I woke up in pain

To face the new world with renewed vigor

full of energy, yet again ready to savor

For to be cowed down is not befitting of men

And what be life, if left unscathed; full of ken?

The sheath of life did leave me naked for a while

leaving me unarmored, to life's caprices, long as the Nile

Not long before I gathered myself and set foot again

To conquer love and to let not life be in vain

In earnest I made my prayers, to the creator of love

for the next time it darkens, I want to be with her to walk hand in glove