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.....and I said

love needs not two bodies to meet
it doesnt know victory, nor defeat
some told me that love was a puzzle
so I'd like to call her as my final piece

.....and I said

it needs no words written in stone
neither the poems, nor any prose
some told me that love was a thirst
so I'd like to call her my favourite drink

.....and I said

it needs no god, nor a religion
never knew a hindu, a muslim, a christian
some told me that love was music
so she is a song I'd forever listen

.....and I said

it devours one into dissolution
never knew coherence, nor confusion
some told me that love was understanding
so she is a book I'd read with devotion

.....and I said

it had no direction, neither a vision
you had to be lost within indecisions
some told me that love was passion
so I made her as my life long mission

.....and then I asked

will it survive after we cease to exist?
can it bear the winds of time, will it persist?
will it be the same, the way it was on day one?
or if it'd be something but still not the same one?

.....and she said

the creator created creation
does he fear if its still the same one?
love knows not happiness, nor hardest of lives
neither the criminal, nor the divine
neither our bodies, nor our youth
but now you exist cuz of me and me cuz of you


...for the one who taught me the meaning of love - Reema Khan

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