Love Poem by Basanta Lohani

Man is unique
As the universe is.

This planet Earth
Where we belong to
Is just a fragment of the universe
Unknown, unexplored, unimaginable.
And man is as infinite as the universe
A unique combination of head and heart
That contains all the ingredients
All the flashes
All the sparks
Of the universe itself.

Who created the universe?
Who created man and woman?
Who created love? -
The unique combination
Of man’s strength and woman’s endurance.

Love
Beyond survival
Beyond existence
Inside water
Beneath water
Above water
Flowing continuously
Towards the depths of rest.

Love
Music of bliss
Frighteningly frightful
Transcending intellect
Beyond the physical
Belonging to a dreamworld.

Love
Lives in the mind
Just a jump
Sans the awareness of jumping
And you are there!

Awareness
Confines you
Grips you
Enslaves you.

But the little unaware jump
Liberates you
Frees you
Ennobles you.

For love is as sublime
As the Almighty is complete.

The cosmic bliss
A combination of head and heart
The way you and I are
Or the way we are not
We think we have loved
Or we think we have not loved
Lovers don’t think
Love’s born on the grave of thought.

Love begets love
In an unconfined mind
Like a child’s.
Awareness of love is no love
It’s the art of jumping in.

Can you jump?
Get lost in the crowd?
Are you ready?
If so, come with me.
Let’s meditate together,
Share the bliss
Spread its bounty
Among those who fear to jump
And go on shrinking within.

Love
Beyond this fear
Beyond this shrinking
A leap of faith.