Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 19 – The Poetry ☆ Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “The Poetry”.)

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 19☆

☆ The Poetry ☆

Poetry should be loved forever,

And to keep loving it,

You have to keep it

In the chambers of your fragile heart.

If you throw it out

And still expect it to love you,

You are in a world of illusion.

Hoping that it will adjust

To its new surroundings

Outside your heart,

Is a misapprehension.

Love is its forte

And it shall keep loving you,

But it shall

Neither knock at your door,

Nor even be visible to your naked eyes.

One day,

When you shall finally understand

How much did the poetry love you,

You will miss its benign presence,

You will yearn for it to come back,

You will crave to hold its hands,

You will long to clasp it in your warm embrace;

But it won’t return.

After all,

Poetry is a butterfly

And its wings are fragile.

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