Yesterday, I saw a girl
In the vegetable field
Chasing the cows away
With a sugarcane stick
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She was lovely
Lovely as a dream
And I was mesmerized
By her heavenly gleam
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Her smile
Was akin to the morning Sun
Mild, soothing and exquisite
Like a lotus in the pond
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The more I saw her
The more I loved her
And I was lost within
The grandeur of her
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Conflict arose
Between my heart and mind
But my soul intervened
And healed the transient sore
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Unconsciously
The spirit of perpetual love
Drove my emotional cart and
Took me adjacent to her
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She was sitting and peeling
The sugarcane stick naked
With those prehensile teeth
Of her, under the baking Sun
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She was lost in her own world
And she noticed me not, I as an
Obedient child disturbed her not
But silently waited for her thrust
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Suddenly she turned her head
Towards me with utmost surprise
And scrutinized me, head to toe
From her extra precautious eyes
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Sincerely, she shed a warm smile
And at that very moment, I forgot
Myself from me, upon her revelation
That exemplified my hearts gratification
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She said, “ Hello! Who are you?”
I told her that I am her admirer
And my heart dragged me to you
For I have never seen a girl as beautiful as you
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Oh! It is my beauty
That dragged you to me
She questioned me back
And whispered me not to be fooled
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By the beauty
Because genuine beauty
Lies in the heart
And not in the physical form
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Confused was I,
Upon hearing that from her
And I nodded my head
With appreciation
~~
But told her that
I have already lost
My heart to her
And I wouldn’t decamp from her
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She laughed aloud
Like the ravenous thunder
And told me that
I am a fool to fall in love with a stranger
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I abruptly retorted that
Even our parents were strangers
Before they knew each other
But today we are their children
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She smiled back
And gave me a warm gesture
And I could feel her heartbeat
Rising like the salubrious zephyr
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She caressed my head
And asked me, “ Is your love for real?”
Will you forever love me the way I am? And
What will happen to me, if you change your mind?
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Upon hearing that from her
I replied that I don’t believe my mind
But I believe my heart and my heart says that
I was made for loving you the way you are
~~
Suddenly she grasped me
With those slender arms of her
And beneath the naked sun
We made love the whole daylong


Copyright 2003 Bhuwan Thapaliya