Our Love

By Dr. V. L. Rinawmi

Two souls meet and fall in love

The story of you and I,

Tells a love that refuses to stay quiet

It was a love at first sight,

Of immortal never-ending heart

Like that of Antony and Cleopatra,

Our love staged over the world

And played out in Acts and Scenes,

Through this love, the truth shall be seen

And be told and retold for centuries on.

As the whole world stares at

The story of you and I,

Deducing our love as a treason

A Love without rhyme or reason,

Little did they know our love has no season

And we turned a blind eye nonetheless,

Aches and pains replaced by love’s joy

Like that of Antony and Cleopatra,

As Shakespeare portrays it

Where true love stands the test of time.

The forbidden love; the liaison,

Though we dance on broken glass, we wear

Our smiles; the fragments yet stronger,

Like that of Antony and Cleopatra

Whose love, outraged the Romans,

Cleo, a woman of every man’s dreams

A perfect partner in life and love,

Downright unhinged by Anthony’s love

A tale of passion; doomed for romance,

Despite all threats perfected the alliance.

There is no love without acquiesce

As great love demands great sacrifice,

In the story of you and I

We stripped off our egos and demands,

Like that of Antony and Cleopatra

Distraught by Antony’s death,

Concealed a deadly poison

Bereft of reason, took her life,

Through many storms and shadow of death

On the wings of love, they had sailed.

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A love like ours, maybe,

Is not for the roses and rainbows,

Born of the many hues and sunshine

Nor the butterflies that waltzed on pillows,

We quit hiding behind the fears

Loyal hearts unequalled; love unparalleled,

Like that of Antony and Cleopatra

Even if night befell in the domed sky,

Together we are one, like the breath we took

When we first met (would be the last!).

The story of you and I

Fit together like hand in glove,

Like the two drops of a shoreless ocean

We could weather the sky’s commotion,

We could soar to new dimensions

Unchanged, our promise will remain,

Undimmed our love will burn eternally

A memory of love time does not erase,

Like the sun that kept a promise, that

The sky would bring forth a sublime morrow.

A Love like ours is a love

Not with words of disquisition;

But a love that bears truth and feat!

By Dr. V. L. Rinawmi