LOVE NOT..

                                LOVE NOT....

                    Love not my face...
                    for its physicality is raw...
                    the scheming hands of time...
                    will fade it away to shame....

                    Love not my body,,,
                    for its just a cage...
                    it only witholds...
                    the light within me that glows....

                    Love not my eyes...
                    for they tear too often...
                    they waste their waters...
                    on those who care less....
                    and keep me distressed...

                    Love not my heart...
                    for it breaks too often...
                    rhythyms of scarlet blood..
                    pumped mechanically untill
                    one reaches the coffin...

                  But love my soul
                  Please do...
                  for it shows no raw physicalities..
                  no tears, nor cages...
                  it shall soon set free..
                  the winged butterfly in me...
                   
                                  - by shail bhatnagar.