This poem came about on
Valentine's Day two years ago…
Reading
the outpourings of love online, in newspapers, hearing it over the radio, it
struck me that we often narrow it down to a caricature of its real depth and
meaning. Love goes so much deeper and connects us all. Love can transcend every
barrier to bring out the best in human beings, if we understand its
universality; if we realize that love—in its truest sense—is all-embracing...definitely
a highly challenging call!
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| Photography by Gregory Colbert |
Love Deletes
by Shernaz Wadia
love
deletes the lines
where
one begins
and
others end
it
thaws the ice
between
boundaries
and
hostilities end
love
blends humanity
into
one single hue
and
prejudices end
we
meet as strangers
and
love transforms us
into
friends.
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| Photograph by Gregory Colbert |
Shernaz Wadia is a retired primary school teacher, and lives in Pune, India. Her articles, short stories and poems have been widely published in web journals and anthologies. She has published ‘Whispers of the Soul’, a collection of poems and “Tapestry Poetry” – a genre of poetry, developed by her and Israeli poet Avril Meallem. More about this form can be read here.
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