If This Is Not Love, What Is?

She looked at him with eyes forlorn 

Her silence said it all.

She was going to lands unknown

She was leaving him, after all.

 

Oh! Why had the heavens played truant 

And crashed their dreams

Oh! Why had the hell played truant

And brought along prejudices

 

All that they ever wanted

Was life together

All that they ever needed

Was each other’s warmth and love

 

Yet now, all had changed

She was going to lands unknown

Their paths had now separated

Everything felt strange and new

 

She looked at him with eyes forlorn

Her silence said it all.

She was going to lands unknown

She was leaving him, after all.

 

He loved her still

That she knew

She loved him still

That he knew

 

Yet, the distance grew wide.

She only had to ask

And he would come running for her

He just had to ask

 

And she would come running for him

Each one however wished

Happiness for the other

Each one was ready to give

 

None was ready to ask

Heart and soul

They had given to the other

But none realized

 

They could take from each other 

Wary of asking

Lest this cause trouble for the other

Both of them simply grew silent

 

Willing the other to ask

She looked at him with eyes forlorn

Her silence said it all.

She was going to lands unknown

She was leaving him, after all

 

He looked at her

Pained at the thought of leaving

He clasped her hands

And started to say something

 

She looked at him

With hope in her eyes

“I”, he started

“I wish you all happiness, love”

 

“Me, too” she murmured

The forlorn look returning

“May God be with you

Today, tomorrow and always”

 

They parted ways

Heaviness in their hearts

But wishing happiness for one another

If this is not love, what is?