The Test of Love

Sometimes, I think how easy it is to love a jolly person—someone who is as lively as a bird singing in the dawn sky. Loving becomes so effortless then. But, what if this luminous face turns into a pale desert one day? Well, that's the worst thing about life. You trip over a spiky rock when you think how smooth and soothing your path is. As the cliché goes, nothing is permanent. Life changes its hue just like the leaves do. People smell like roses in the spring of their lives. But, then, autumn arrives and takes its toll. It leaves them devoid of their sparkling smiles. So, I wonder how much you can love when it is not easy anymore. Would the flame of love begin to flicker in the stormy night? And, if it fails to last till the end, then does it even deserve to be called love?  

Because love cannot fade...
It cannot waver...
It cannot fail...
It can survive the longest nights...
It can fight the wildest storms...
True love can bravely stand the tests of time...

—Amrit Versha

Crush

Dear crush,
The crowd is same, and same is the place. But now that you're gone, longer are my days. My crazy heart has lost its waves. You are what it desperately craves.
With you around me, everything was incredibly fine. It always felt like I was on cloud nine. But now that you're away, I've lost my way.
An unhappy song keeps playing in my head. I toss and turn all night in my bed. Your sudden absence haunts me all day. I wish I could stop you from going away.
I always failed at revealing my feelings to you. So, maybe our moments together were meant to be few. That's what I say to comfort my sullen eyes. Oh, I try my best to be strong and wise. But the flashbacks of you make me want you more. So, I've decided to wait for you at the door.
Let the seasons come and go.
You will arrive one day, I know.
Your secret admirer,
Amrit Versha