A Different Kind of Romantic Poem
November 8, 2006
Re-post from of old poem posted on my Sulekha blog
Practical Ruminations at the Romantic Pinnacle
In the aftermaths of the utter chaos
That followed a casual confession
As you relented,
“Of course, I have always loved you!”
I panicked!As the noise started to subside
As the euphoria started to wither away
I wondered, is that it?
Is this why I spent
Nights after sleepless nights?
Okay, metaphorically!
Suddenly, I realized
I never had planned
Contingency measures for this!
In the retrospect it may sound funny
But who would have even thought!
Things were so easy till that moment
Everything was so clear
I knew what I had to do
Life was a single point agenda!
What do I do now?
Why is there so much written
On how to propose a girl
But virtually nothing
About what to do
If she says yes?
Are all glorious affairs
Dull and awkward at that point?
So awkward,
That no one even wants to write about them?
Why do all the love stories end
At the “happily ever after”
Just where they’re supposed to begin?
Is it because the terrain thereafter
Is too unpredictable
Even for the stalwarts?
November 8, 2006 at 1:05 pm
A different kind of romantic poem .. Indeed!
Don’t remember reading it on Sulekha .. probably you posted it before my sulekha time that barely dragged for 3 months. A re-post was apt coz it’s something for the ‘permanent shelf’ .. to be read and re-read!
November 10, 2006 at 7:25 am
Thanks aria. I posted it thanks to some usual nautanki at DSS. However I’m surprised someone finds this worth rereading!
thanks anyways,
asuph
November 10, 2006 at 8:09 am
Buss kyaa asuph bhaai..
Aapkaa pyaar, ‘Pyaar’.
Hamara pyaar, ‘Nautanki’ ??
Aapkaa khoon, ‘Khoon’.
Hamara khoon, ‘Paani’ ??
November 10, 2006 at 9:24 am
=)) @ IW!
looks like you’ve adopted this poem-post.
good good. more rereds for me.
u know, rather than wasting your “khoon” on this poetry, you should put it to better use.
“jab aankh se hi na tapka to phir lahoon kya hai?”
aur waise bhi 90% of khoon is just paani.
cheers,
asuph
February 3, 2007 at 9:09 am
Haven’t gotten to a point to have an experience like that, but now that the poet raises the question, smile beams across my face.
Btw have you watched Socha na tha?
February 8, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Vivek: Nope i haven’t watched Socha na tha. I should? And that was a rhetorical question anyways.
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