Love and happiness the twins
Rowing the sail boat of eternity
Are they really two
Or are they one

For what is love without compassion
Without the giving or sacrificing
Of a portion of your own life force
To sustain another

And in that space so surrendered
Springs the well of happiness
Filling up your bosom
With the nectar of contentment

Which nourishes your soul
Imparting unimaginable fertility
Sprouting green shoots of empathy
In joyous abandon

Love and happiness intertwined umbilically
Never in isolation, the conjoint twins
Rescuing drowning souls
Sailing the ravages of humanity

Subir Chakraborty / 14th Nov 2018