When The Stars Came Down

Is it true, my love?
Love precedes passion but passion tapers away
Interlocked fingers become passé
And framed photos replace fresh bouquet

If, that is so
Memories would be dear to me
Wrinkles will hold the giggles
Collected till our golden jubilee

Like love spun inside the fabric
Each thread will only get stronger with use
Body mellow, feelings ripe
But somehow it is all very different in youth

Different chattels we owned then, remember?
Some lasted merely a week
Like a hundred rupee slippers you bought me
From the roadside of Dunellen creek

Feet rollicked as I put them on
Though it made an awful sound
Like horse galloping angrily
On an uneven battleground

You slid your fingers into mine
Molting dusty road into a dream land
I went into a trance thereafter
Take My Breath Away played by an invisible band

There was no chariot to fancy
No chauffeur to drive us back to town
But to a starry-eyed lover the inside of your car looked
Like a thousand stars came down

You kept holding my hand
As I kept praying for few things
One, the day to never end
Two, to keep us together ever since

It seemed resplendent
But first passed through the hourglass
Second came true the day you took me
As your better half

From that day onwards
Myriad moments are there to frame
Since the stars came down that day
My life has never been same

Maybe 50 idyllic years, thereafter who knows what?
I go away first or you leave me in the lurch
But our love will be there
Immortal in my words

Comments

  1. This one is so so beautiful and full of love.. an Immortal one definitely.. :) God Bless

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  2. The star shone yet again in form of this lovely ode of love, Saru! Vedry beautiful compositi9on:)

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  3. Alok must be beaming ear to ear na? :D

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  4. this is so beautiful saru!! read it over and over again.. This note is indeed worthy of immortality too :)

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    1. Glad you liked it so much. Thanks for reading dear. :)

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  5. Beautiful composition with loads of Love Saru.This is surely immortal.

    Cheers,

    Sriram & Krithiga

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  6. Lovely....lovely..lovely..smitten by your million dollar WORDS again darling :) <3

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  7. Love remains endless and immortal...it transcends and goes beyond love...loved your expression of love.

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  8. Love.. What would we do without it !
    Great Post Saru :)

    New Video is up -

    One Jumpsuit= 12 Different Looks

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  9. No words for your words Saru !I hope 'Immortal ' will do:) the connect is always so real with your words dear ... Loved it :) :)

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  10. Loved the poem Saru..So true the emotions change and passion fades over time, yet love remains - as they say energy changes form, so does love.

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  11. Ahh!! This poem is fully loaded with emotion of love.. Beautiful!

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  12. Wow! Such a lovely poem. Seems you have dipped the words with emotions and weaved the poem. Beautiful :)

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  13. What a beautiful love poem. Emotional and moving.

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  14. Amazingly done. I love the rhythm and the tempo

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  15. Feet rollicked as I put them on
    Though it made an awful sound
    Like horse galloping angrily
    On an uneven battleground
    Very Beautiful words . What a beautiful love poem. Emotional and moving saru Ji !!

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  16. Awww... this is so heartwarming.. you have weaved it so beautifully dear.. truly immortal :')

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  17. Saru, I don't know what to say!

    Sometimes we have to prove that we are not just being 'Sugary' in our praises. Well.

    I won't praise it. I just loved it. Especially those 100 rupees slippers. You took me down in a dark memory lane!

    Too good

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    1. Those days when feelings have more value. Thanks for a beautiful comment, humbled! :)

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  18. Its such a beautiful poem, I've read today. Thanks for share!!

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  19. this poem is so touching and yes, I love that song too :)

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  20. So lovely and romantic!

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  21. A lot of lyricism and melody in the romantic interlude!

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  22. That is the essence of true love..in spite of fading away with each passing day, it remains in the heart, eternally.... :-)

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  23. Beautiful lines Saru,straight from the heart.

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  24. Lovely and beautiful poem mam. This poem has power to create an everlasting impact on readers. The way you have penned it down is amazing... great creation...

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  25. So so so beautiful and heartwarming poem Saru!! You write love poems so beautifully!! :)

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  26. I sense a dearth of this kind of immortal love in today's time; but maybe it is just me. having said that, it was pristine, your lines. I wish if we could replicate some of it in our lives :-)

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    1. Yes, love is quite fast-paced and hollow these days.

      And thanks for a beautiful comment, Stuti.

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  27. AWW! That was such a lovely poem Saru... loved it :-)/ Exactly what I needed at the moment. I am so happy!

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  28. Beautiful. So full of love. Reading all your poems and other write-ups on love, I am sure you a true romantic at heart :). Lucky Alok :D.

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    1. Not at all. I am too practical in real life. Alok is lucky, that I agree :P

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