What love has seen

You could see love but you could not see the pain with it,
You saw the smile but didn't see the efforts to put it on.
You saw the ocean but didn't know of the storms within.

The mind wanders far into the unknown,
A land-so beautiful
Shores so calm, relations so simple.
We lived in serenity, in the beauty of love's simplicity,
Where our eyes were blinded from reality and the mind is oblivious to practicality.

Then with distance, creeps in prudence
And the senses come back to life.
They ask, "Why was the love so blinding?
Why did everything come to a stand still?
How is it that we reached a fairy land and not able to differentiate reality from it?"

Much later as years passed by,
The lesser of the loves' does realize
Selfishness and materials bring a phony smile,
Prudence brings stability and security.

But there was and never will be a greater joy
than to see your beloved calm,
at ease and with a smile.
And no amount of wealth can earn the love for you,
That you once saw in His eyes.

Let it be - written by a dear friend

"A Life less lived, a prayer half said
Waiting at the end to let it begin.

They call Him God, the one they never see
They built Him palaces to be guilt free.

I spoke to Him, he is my imagination
He cried and said - let it be
People die of hunger - let it be
Children without a future - let it be

They are the one He said, they are the one
I am just a concept to keep them going.

I am just a reason to make you smile to make you cry, and for everything

I don't need palaces I don't need anything
All I ask is You .. so let it be
A place in your heart, cause I am a part of you
But they will not understand that
So let it be..."


(The writer of this poem does not wish his name to be disclosed)