Something I Look At-424 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-423
BY- SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

I Knew It From the Start

I did know from the beginning
I was never the one you were waiting for.
Perhaps my verses brought you near,
But my scribbles could never match your filigree smile.

I hold no charms—
No grace, no beauty, no wealth, no power—
Nothing to please the queen of beauty forever.
I stand against time and tide,
Empty-handed, yet within your sight.
It's your kindness, not my worth,
That keeps me in your gaze.

Love is love—
Blind to reason, deaf to reality.
It knows not where the princess dwells,
Nor where I stand in darkness.
Yet your love gave me wings—
Wings that sometimes soar
To that forbidden, dream-laced land.

Yes, I love you.
Not out of want, not out of need.
It is selfless, pure,
A prayer, a wish for your rise—
That you may find a world,
And a prince, worthy of your reign.

As for me,
I loved, I love, and will love you
Until my last breath.
And if fate grants me another life,
I shall return—
Just the way you wish—
To hold your hand,
And walk beside your soul, forever.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
8.6.2025
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