A love that withstood time and trials is stable and endearing, pens Sarala, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths.  

This love did not happen yesterday 
It took years to understand each other
This love withstood many trials 
From all sides 
But we boldly faced all without fear 
This love is divine and pure 
We cannot do without each other 
We are two bodies and one soul today 
We have no arguments 
We hold each other in trust sublime 
No one can intervene in our love
It's our heart's desire 
How sweet is this love, how blessed are we!
Everyone envies us with evil eyes 
But our love  for each other 
Is too difficult to break 
As we nurtured this love 
For years from the core of our hearts 
This love is patient 
This love endures 
This love weeps 
And smiles many a time 
God in his mercy has blessed us 
For happiness forever 
We have little means 
But we are happy with what we have 
We don't envy our rich friends 
We give them solace when they are
In trouble
This love is noble at heart and charity we do give 
This love is no ordinary love 
It's above all trivial issues we face 
and happiness invades our 
hearts forever, never to leave us in this life!

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Sarala Balachandran

Sarala Balachandran was working with an import-export organisation in the administrative department for 38 years. She retired eleven years back. Married, with two sons aged 43 and 36, she took interest in writing recently. She writes free verses.

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