A Look-418 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

A LOOK-418

My love!

I am
but a limited version of myself,
a flowing stream that meets the concrete dam
and is thrown back again and again.

I know I cannot touch the sea.
Hope you understand.
Let me behold it from a distance.

See and sense me, if you want,
and let me too
see and sense you
from where I am.

Some distances cannot be crossed,
yet they can still be loved
and sought after,
even from afar.

And be sure
my love is no less
for being distant

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty ©
India
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30.9.2026