Something About Love
Strolling at a slow pace, barefoot, in their garden, with fall leaves and wild flowers scattered on the ground, Radha and Kabir were having another conversation on love. Radha asked questions and Kabir answered them. Kabir always kept the enchantment alive while answering. At times he replied with puzzles, at times with shorts poems or songs and some other times with questions itself. His intention was to make Radha experience the answers and not just know them.
Here, Radha is asking, ‘Kabir, explain this; We have always believed since we met, that we have known each other forever. How do I be certain that you were always my lover?’. Her questions were as enigmatic as her. Kabir smiled and said the following:
‘You and Me, Me and You, how do we know what is true..
One night, I closed my eyes…
You were traveling to a far land, I missed your touch and your essence,
I asked myself…
Can I not feel her in her absence…
There was a constant presence of a feeling which made me smile,
I wanted to capture it, so that it goes with me for a mile…
I opened my eyes and looked out the window
There was a mother hiding her child in her shadow…
The siblings were playing hide and seek
They were all laughing cheek to cheek…
I looked around further and saw an old man grooming his puppy
Communicating with him he looked eternally happy…
Something was stirring inside me…
The feeling which made me smile earlier was reappearing
I was coming to a conclusion, but needed more proof…
I retreated from the window and sat for my meditation
A few minutes into silence and I had the realization…
The image of you nurturing your plants came if front of eyes,
The adorable manner in which you look at them was as clear as the cloudless skies…
The way you open door for the neighbor’s cat…
The affectionate look which you give to the old woman who lives next door…
I start wondering, is the twinkle in your eyes any less when you give me that loving smile while doing your chores…
In that moment I was sure, Love was the same
What changed was the object and the name…
So my darling, it doesn’t matter if I was your lover,
Love is eternal and this is the only truth which we have shared since forever…
