Let Souls Befriend !

Lend me, thy hand!
And, let's now live!!

   We have been lonely, despaired ones,
   For ages now; seeking some one!
Moving from: this place, to that place:
But all in vain; we could find none!

We came across: long days-and-nights!
We came across: great multitudes!

        We turned to East: to West, to Gods;
        But failed to break our solitudes!
Our lights faded, past dunes of sand;
And, every moment was plaintive!!
      Lend me, thy hand!
      And, let's now live!!


   Things seem to have changed now, since then;
   As eyeing eyes,   have met their pairs!
All red flowers, with all their blooms,
Are prompting us: 'Shed all despairs'!

Are we, now, not that close enough;
        That, we may enrapture entwined?
Don't we now know, to the cores, our selves?
        That, we have nothing more to find!

      Let's share: our hopes!    
                     Let souls befriend!
         Let's learn: to take:
                               Let's learn: to give!!

            Lend me, thy hand!
            And, let's now live!!
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                                             - G.R.Prakash