Legacy of Love

Once you had said,
‘Set on fire all those letters
I had ever written to you.
If someone reads,
what will he or she perceive
or say about us?’

The feelings used to be then
exclusively for us
not meant for the social media
there was no PDA
or public display of affection…

But setting on fire the letters
that lighted up the fire of love?
My heart couldn’t accept,
those letters carry
our tender feelings, still alive…

We used to write letters that had
no letters, words or sentences
but intense passion
talking about compulsions,
pain of separation,
happiness to meet soon,
love and its logical conclusion
shrinking the whole world into plain
innocuous looking pieces of paper
by painting them
in varied hues of love and emotions
filling all the inmost feelings in them…

We used to carry the letter
around our chest the whole day
on receiving it,
don’t know how many times
we used to read it before replying
with the same passion
that knew no bounds, no constraints
unlimited love, unlimited space
no need to delete or trash anything…

These letters will be a legacy
of my love that I’m proud of,
whoever reads will come to know
how to express love decently,
without making unnecessary noise,
without any frills,
without any showy gifts,
without any Valentine Day,
but without losing the thrill…

–Kaushal Kishore

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