Song Of Love That Eludes Poem by Raj Arumugam

PREAMBLE

it’s the dream conceived
in luminous youth
of love, mystery
kisses and hugs;
a sunshine dream
that persists
but that eludes



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and we are those
without love

or betrayed by those we adore


we are the cherished once
but unwanted now
and so
who walk down paths
accompanied by one
whose winter-ness of heart
has frozen ours

we are the lonely
walking down the shady arbors
with none by our side




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and we are those
without love

or betrayed by those we adore


we are the trusting
whose hearts were taken
and which we offered with love
but that were discarded
like products no longer in fashion

and we are those who sit
at the veranda
on the chair made for one;
and we gaze at the
distant clouds
and sip tea that we don’t notice
has too much sugar




CONCLUSION

and we are those
without love

or betrayed by those we adore



it was the dream engendered
in luminous youth
of love, mystery
kisses and hugs
a dream that persists
but that eludes