True Love
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The other day I had nothing to do. So I ventured out. I took a bus. I
found a college going boy and girl clasping each other’s hand saying, “I Love
you..I love you too.” Both were oblivious of amusing expression on the faces of
fellow passengers. Society seems to approve what was a taboo earlier. I de-boarded at my designated stop and went to
a park boasting of a historical monument. I found a lip-locked couple with
their hand busy writing on the monument wall ‘ I LOVE YOU’ I also watched a honeymooner throwing flying
kisses to his newly wedded partner and making signs of a heart in the air and whispering loudly “ I Love you”.
Hasn’t ‘I love you’ become
somewhat demeaning. A cliché, devoid of all the feelings of true love and
affection. What about parental love, brotherly and sisterly love and the love
which has connotations of affection, feelings, longing or sensuality but no
sexuality? Platonic love.
An unknown female in the a
company of a male is immediately misunderstood
to be indulging in some sort of suspicious relationship irrespective of
the fact that they may be father- daughter, mother-son, sister-brother,
cousins, uncle-niece, just friends or colleagues who are out to walk, shop,
sight-see or enjoy a movie. When a girl or a boy says to her father/ mother “
papa/ mama “I love you” she is declaring her basic affection towards her
parents. Sometimes utterance of I love
you is misunderstood by two opposite sexes, particularly those who are in some
kind of a relationship, as a craving for sexual gratification, a desire to go
physical. It is lust not love. When lust becomes an important subsidiary of
love and overshadows love, love loses its real meaning. Acronym of LOVE in this
case then becomes:
L- Love
O-Orgasm
V-Virility
E-Ecstasy
Any ingredient missing results in showdowns and marital discords. It
happens in live-in-relationships and where sex is thought only the means to
beget love. It is the end result without love having been flourished through
the various stages like a bud blooming to a flower slowly and gradually. This
sort of love is self destructive wherein only bodily attributes come to fore.
True Love is not at all about the bodies. Agreed that procreation is a part of
sexual satisfaction and action but the love word becomes then synonym of
affection, caring, sharing, mutual trust and understanding. In this context I
produce one of my published poems on the subject
True Love
A true love is
Neither lust nor greed nor desire
It is divine building of emotions
Standing tall with
Foundation of trust
Bricks of feeling
Cement of sensitivity
Pillars of grace
A true love flourishes then
Bearing fruit
Ripens
It is evolution
And evolution evolves
Birth of a new creation.
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A bright light glows around true
lovers with the power of true love. In the absence of affection, sharing, caring,
mutual trust and understanding , love is totally meaningless and devoid of any
true feelings of love. Ensure that someone does not want to rub love the wrong
way.
I love you is in fact an expression of concern also. Added with
affection, true love automatically
develops a sense of caring and sharing.
Making it seem vulgar and cheap by one’s action/ utterances always undermine
the true meaning of ‘I love you’. From time immemorial these three magic words
have been instrumental in bringing changes in the society worldwide. Entire
humanity thrives on LOVE bringing the humankind together and evolving a sense
of belonging in generations. ‘I love you’
does have an undercurrent of sexism as procreation could not have been possible
without physical intimacy but isn’t it confined to couples only that too, a
married one. Here also procreation can happen without actually having a feeling
of love. So procreation cannot be a proof of love or true love irrespective of
the fact ‘I love you ‘ is often repeated
time and again by the indulging partners.
Love can thrill. It can kill. It makes one sane and wise. At the same
time, it can destroy. Wars have been waged for the sake of love. Kingdoms have
been destroyed and born because of love. Peace has been brought because of
love. Families are broken then united, marriages are solemnised , suicides are
committed and fights break out because of love.
Romeo- Juliet, Helen of Troy, King Edward VIII of England,
Sohni-Mahiwal, Shiri- Farhad, Heer-Raanja, Alluddin Kilji’s infatuation with Rani Padmawati (Paddmani of
Chitore), Razia Sultan- Yakut, Noorjahan –King Shahjhan, Anarkali- Shazada
Saleem (Khuram: son of Mugal Kind Akbar) are but a few examples
of “ I LOVE YOU SYNDROME”, some of which culminated in changing the course
of history and some creating folklores. Indian philosophy and its essence is
based on theme of love. True love always leads to a bonding, strives to achieve
life full of satisfaction and contentment ultimately leading to spirituality.
Sexuality does have a part but in a limited way. So any one who pronounces
his/her love by uttering ‘ I LOVE YOOOOOOU’ on the rooftop cannot/ should not be taken seriously.
Love is omnipresent in every form. It is present in every aspect of our
life. I love you has a special place in our psychic. It starts from a womb of a mother to parental
love- sisterly& brotherly love, friendly love, lover’s love and husband
& wife’s love. A feeling for someone, a simple touch or a pat, an advice
showing concern all go to show the protagonist wants to say that I love
you. Love cannot be just wished away.
Relationships are based on love combined with respect. Relationships break in
absence of mutual understanding of love. TRUE Love cannot survive disrespect,
disharmony, lack of commitment/faith/trust, dishonesty, cheating etc. I love
you loses its sheen and charm. To say I love you then becomes farce.
So , whenever one says I LOVE YOU, one has to be true to his/her
feelings and true to his/her heart. True love can never be defined yet here is
one of my poems outreaching love to express love.
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Love is bonding between sisters and brothers
Love is sharing by husbands and wives
Love is caring of parents & children
Love is emotional with everyone else.
Love is potion on the bed
Love is ocean and never dead
Love is in our hearts and in brain
Love is in blood and in our veins.
Love happens, can’t be created
Love is compassion, can’t be rated
Love is smile, makes us laugh
Love is deluge, can’t be hated.
Love is not showing your assets
Love is different from bloody lust
Love is not possessiveness shown
Love is what you give the best.
Love is not in your eyes
Love is not on your lips
Love is never demanding
Love which is true, never dips.
Love makes you to sacrifice
Love makes you to survive
Love can’t be gauged by language
Love makes a dead to revive.
Love knows no frontiers
Love knows no religion
Love has no caste
Love has no region.
Love is passion, love is respect
Love is forgiveness, love is peace
Love is power, love is faith
Love is prayer, love if true never cease.
Love makes you feel wanted
Love makes you get mated
Love makes you feel seduced
Love never makes you subdued.
Love is everlasting relationship
not infatuation
Love is everything
but punctuation.
Love is not give and take
Love is what you do for other’s sake
Love makes you feel stronger
Love is God makes you live longer.
Love is inferno, experience its pangs
Love is jealous within the gangs
Love is life, smooth but coy
Love is rain, indulge and enjoy.
Love is grace, blessing our progeny
Love is exhilarating, ending our agony
Love makes us positive, negating the negatives
Love is symphony bringing the harmony.
The concept of love can never be defined
It is so vast and too refined
Love is eternal and never dies
Love makes human sane and wise.
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All rights reserved/Tribhawan Kaul
Note :- Poems True Love and Love Love Love are from the poetry book
‘Children of Lost Gods’ penned by the author of this article.
