I CANNOT LET YOU GO

I CANNOT LET YOU GO


I love you but I can’t sing
Songs of love praising you.
My love for you is real,
You know very well, too.

Real love shows by itself.
It need not be put on.
It cannot be hidden like
The fragrance of saffron.

I will truly shed in love
My blood, my sweat, my tears.
I will walk through fire of hell.
One in love knows no fears.

In love, I can endure pain
Of humiliation.
But I cannot endure the
Thought of separation.

My love is pure and simple.
To prove it, I don’t know.
All I know is simply this:
I cannot let you go.


* Written in abcb 7-6-7-6 format


M C Gupta
18 October 2003