A Message to the Unknown Beloved

I wrote A Message to the Unknown Beloved in 1984, 16 years old. There is a sad, wistful tone here, almost mournful and despairing of ever finding one’s Beloved. Compare this poem to the hope expressed in  Faith (1985) or Waiting for Reunion (1985) .

Oh, there we stand

Across the chasms of Time

Beloved, you and I

Striving to reach each other

Yet unable to touch –

Unable to cross

The woods of the Past.

The thread of several lives

Is broken

And sorrow is now

Freshly awoken.

Perhaps in the next

Or the next life beyond

We will find each other

Full of wisdom and calm –

Wizened by misery

Stripped of youthful impetuosity

And finally become one

Till eternity.

Vanita Shukla Hork, 1984

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