THE INNOCENT AT 12,
THROWN AT LIFE TO DISCOVER.
A FRAGILE AGE OF
BORDERLESS EMOTIONS.
LEARNING OF THINGS THAT HE CANNOT EXPLAIN.
TOO SHY TO EXPRESS OR MAYBE TOO SHY OF A WORD.
HE WONDERS WHY, HE ADORES ‘HIM’ MORE THAN ‘HER’.
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AT 18.
PRETTIEST EYES, WITH BEST GRADES.
THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER THROUGHOUT TEEN.
THE GUYS NEVER MISSED A CHANCE,
FROM DANCE, CHEESY LINES TO PEPPY TRANCE.
BUT HER EYES ONLY LOOKED
OUT FOR ‘HER’ ROMANCE.
THE JOBLESS YOUNG AT 23
IN DENIAL OF REALITY.
BROKEN, MISERABLE AND GUILTY
OF STEPS TAKEN IN THE MIST OF YOUTH AND AMBITION.
IN A LOW VOICE HE SPOKE OUT TO HIM OVER PHONE,
FINDING PEACE WITH THE ONE HE HAD LEFT BEHIND.
THE BULKY GYM INSTRUCTOR AT 38,
DIVORCED BUT HAPPY.
FOUND SOLACE WITH HIM. WITH HER
IT WAS CONFORMITY TO SOCIAL IMAGE.
OFTEN THEY COMPETE,
GYM ROUTINES AND OTHER FEATS.
HE PREFERRED BICEPS TO CURVY WAISTS.
ALL THESE LIVES FAMILIAR AND SIMILAR,
FOR IT IS LOVE AND NO CRITERIA
A BOND AND NO HYSTERIA.
LIKE KITES THAT FLY IN THE SKY
FREE AND UNDIFFERENTIATED,
GIVING MEANING TO THE WIND THAT BLOWS.
LOVE QUALIFIES TO BE PRACTICED
FREE AND INDISCRIMINATE,
GIVING MEANING TO LIFE THAT GROWS.
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