I Have Reason To Love You.. Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

When I was a small child, four and naive
You were shown to me in the picture,
You look very cute with sharp chin,
I touch you with great affection,
Though the family was in conflict,
In the north and we children felt the pain,
My love to you has grown wilder, but strong,
As my bones became longer and firm,
You are the topic of my conversation,
When others tried to flirt with me in person,
I smelled your fragrance, very unique to your roots,
You are my first and you are the last,
Knowing the fact, I was brought out,
The love plant never wilted nor dwarfed,
When they taught me to treat everyone,
As siblings, I treat you as my love,
You were the first to make me,
To have the goose bumps,
Let those Indian butterflies,
To play on my stomach,
Let those flashes of lights,
Criss cross in delight and dream,
You are the one, I love the most,
More than the welfare of my heart,
I let it to pound beyond its capacity,
When never forgetting thought of you,
Strike my mind again and again,
Even while I sleep and am awake.