She found love among despondency and hesitation, in this verse, by Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths.

Every day she watches him 
Passing by on the parallel 
Road but they never talked 
Even a single word 

She admired him for his 
Well-groomed look and 
Slowly she was falling 

For his looks alone 

She coyly looks at him 
Through the corner of her 
Beautiful eyes which he 

Never noticed as he was 
Busy writing a poem 
On war and peace sitting 
Under the moonlight glow 

A time had come that she 
Wanted to pour her heart 
Out but she had some 
Hesitation how to go about 

She wrote many love letters
And tore them one by one 
And thru them in the 
Fast blowing breeze and 
They landed on his lap 

Astonished was he to read 
Her letters and felt sad for her 
He approached her and said, 
I have been watching you 
Closely and I feel I love you 
Too 

The frantic romance started 
On a rainy night 
When everything was cloudy 
And dark and they embraced 
For the first time drenching 
Their hearts with love 

Picture design by Anumita Roy, Different Truths

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.