DON'T ASK.

DON’T  ASK.

Don’t ask the scintillating Moon,
How much love It has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How much light It borrows for you!

Don’t ask the refulgent Sun,
How much love It has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How much shine and warmth It pours you!

Don’t ask a mass of firm stone,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How strong a peg it offers to support you!

Don’t ask a little, petite lamp,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How long it burns to dispel darkness for you!

Don’t ask a benevolent book,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How much wit it gifts to remove gloom from you!

Don’t ask life rendering water,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How much it quenches thirst of you!

Don’t ask a spontaneous shower,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How much greenery it breeds for you!

Don’t ask a versatile tree,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How many bounteous boons it offers you!

Don’t ask a tender blossom,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How much nectar it carries for you!

Don’t ask an altruistic mate,
How much love it has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How often he stakes himself to save you!

Don’t ask an illuminating Teacher,
How much love he has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How much he instills to make you one among the few!

Don’t ask your incomparable Mother,
How much love She has for you;
Have patience and watch,
How often can She die to immortalize you!

Don’t ask yourself you,
How much love you have for you;
Have patience and watch,
What a fair path you tread to liberate you!

Don’t ask anyone and anything hence,
How much loved you always are;
For, love lies not in expression
But, in realization, you will, at length, concur!

@Shankar D Mishra, Sr. Lecturer in English, awarded international bilingual poet with 12 books, including 2 Grammar books.
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