Reverie

I wrote Reverie in 1985, 17 years old. It is a sad, wistful poem of longing for the beloved, of being united in an eternal, timeless embrace. Compare this poem to another love poem from 1985, Faith, with its theme of a pure and unconditional love.

Oh, I wish

That we could meet

Beloved

Somewhere beyond the Present

Somewhere beyond Time

Somewhere beyond Eternity itself –

That we could meet

In some misty dream

Somewhere away from these people

These alien people

Barbarous throngs

And milling crowds.

Oh, that I could rest

Your handsome countenance

Against my womanly breast

Warmed by your love

And the happiness in my heart.

Oh, that I could soothe away

Our fears, yours, and mine!

I would that we could meet

Clasped in each other’s arms

Two hazy figures in the distance

That belong neither to the Past

Nor the Present

Nor the Future –

Two figures, fused in silence

Standing like two young willows

Defying Time itself

And awash in the glow of love!

‘Would that we could meet

Once more

And melt into each other –

Melt into Nature herself

And return to Her peace

The peace from which we were born

And that we desperately seek –

That sensuous peace

That has evaded both you and me.

Vanita Shukla Hork, 1985

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