Hate not your enemies,

Keep them close to your heart,

Just like Lord Shiva keeps the snake

Around His neck, giving it liberty to move.

 

Love transcends everything,

It is the quintessence of life.

Wherever you go, tie eternal knots of love,

For love is so healing, so revealing.

 

Promise to yourself that you are

A winged messenger of love

And under any condition,

You will not allow this promise to sink.

 

Without love, children feel so lonely,

So caged, insecure, mellowed and withdrawn.

With love, their conversing eyes glow,

Their silent lips smile in colors brilliant,

Like  variegated bougainvillea,

Swaying in Spring under the pastel sky.

 

Love has the beauty of cascading waters,

Like Ganga and Gangotri, it flows with grace,

Supporting life and offering the best to mankind.

 

It is the absence of love

That creates war, pallid and grotesque,

Making our smiles cold and frozen.

Remove hatred and a glowing light

Adds peace to the serenity of the soul.

All problems have a single solution—–

It is the power of love.

 

pramila khadun