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MY ANONYMOUS BELOVED WOMAN
I have no Tintern Abbey from where I
Can relive the lovely bygone days of youth
Those seemingly unending moments when
Love was more meaningful than all beautiful dreams
Rapturous laughter amid singing streams!
I cannot name her -- the one I love now
Even though she is mine but somehow
A fear grips me overall when I return
My mind when I loved and lost at a sudden turn
Of life and fate shaking hands to conspire
Against the very heart beats that gave me all!
No, I cannot reveal the name of my beloved,
Lest she too be taken away wrapped in a shroud.
Let me keep her mine and just mine
Plead not to reveal her name in your rhyme.
These days she means God's paradise to me
As my forlorn heart is adorned by her beauty.
Her charm and loveliness are not just skin deep
And in her eyes falsehood does not creep.
She loves me for what I am and I too
Feel the same way for her -- it is true.
Even though I have no TIntern Abbey to stop and pause
And recollect my days of youth with my first love sans cause
I have everything stored in the hidden museums of my mind
And even this anonymous beloved is there leaving behind
Every trace of the shadows of her past and days grim
Lonely nights and tears and sighs and pastures of a whim
Let true love be replayed on heaven's silver screen every night
As 'she', with her talk and her laughter, with the stars shines bright.
Let our union be like the lyrics of the song "Secret Marriage"
Safely kept and treasured by us, away from the world's stage.
(Written by Muhammad Naveed Ahmed/Emmenay. Posted on July 16, 2011).
