Roots

ROOTS

Jupinderjit singh

we swayed in the same winds
soaked the same sun
drenched under the same rains
and provided nests to loved ones
life and joy developed in and around us
we accepted our fate without a fuss
cruel nature destined our misery
put us so close yet so far
grew together and yet apart

we can look,
we can smile
we can talk
we can touch
albeit occasionally with an extended arm

you can’t move an inch
and nor can I
you long for a hug
that you admit would be too brave
and your sweet embrace is all that I crave

we stand there waiting for centuries
for the Earth to move, the skies to open
and the Apocalypse to strike once and for all
so that in each other’s lap we can fall

we curse nature
and call the creator brute
till He sends a gush of stream
and expose the union of our roots
there, below the surface
was the dance of love
our meeting and mating
I breathed in you
and you in me
and that is how it had to be
Love that the world had forbidden
flourished underneath
secret and hidden

Nature in its kindness
quietly connected our roots
And from the union
a new sapling of love did sprout….