When I Fell In Love Poem by Narayanan Kutty Pozhath

Little did I know
that it was such a sin,
when I fell in love.
I had no preplan.
I never want to hurt
anyone whom I love.
It so happened
I fell in love.
Little did I know
that it was such a sin,
when I fell in love.

I knew the rules
of the game.
I chose my field.
I chose my job.
I chose my work place.
I did not know
that I cannot
choose my wife.
Little did I know
that it was such a sin
when I fell in love.

I didn't have
the right to choose
my wife, mine was to
love anyone
they choose for me.
It was how they
looked at love.
I was foolhearted.
Little did I know
that it was such a sin
when I fell in love.

I was made outcaste
I lost my heritage,
not by law but by deceit.
Everything is fair
in war and love.
It was war for them
and love for me.
Little did I know
that it was such a sin
when I fell in love.

Who were they?
My father, sister,
brothers and brother in law.
Relatives became spectators,
villagers became gossipmongers
I did not fight.
I lost the war without fighting.
People who fought
were more precious
than everything I lost.
Little did I know
that it was such a sin
when I fell in love.