I was wondering
I was wondering what is love?
Is it the innumerable songs on love and romance we hear ?
Is it that terrible heartache when our beloved is not with us?

Is it that little voice in our head which keeps hoping against hope that ‘ yehi hei right choice baby ‘?
Is it that urgency in our behaviour to step out and meet our coffee date who we hope turns out to be the ‘The One ‘ for us ?
Is it giving yourself unconditional to a person without expecting anything in return ?

Is it making one person the centre of your universe ?
Is it a sacrament or a contract after all ?
Is it pining for one person so much that you lose proportion of time ?

Is it that Raj Simran moment of ‘Palat’ ?
Is it something which needs to culminate in a marriage to be fulfilled?
Is it that the sacrifice demanded by the family and society under the garb of caste, creed, religion ?

Is it chocolates, teddy bears, or flowers as promoted by Valentine’s day ?
Is it a synonym for romance, faith, loyalty, and caring ?
Is it just all sham promoted in the name of crass commercialization ?

Is it something which happens only once or keeps on recurring ?
Is it something which time and again proved to be a Mirage ?
Is it like all sound , fury and fire but not signifying anything ?

Is it a Eureka moment when it comes or just a insipid feeling of compulsion ?
Is it in the form of ‘Romance’ only or can ‘Affection’ in any relationship be defined as love ?
Is it as ‘Paul Coelho’ puts in the ‘Alchemist ‘ , You are The One as the whole universe conspired to help me find you ?

Is it possible to love someone without attachment , is love without attachment the purest form of love ?
Is it possession , jealousy , holding it tight or setting it free and waiting for it to come back ?
Is it just a play of our rampant hormones ?

Is it spending your life with someone , who will watch every sunrise with you till the sunset of your life ?
Is it romance, is it love, is it devotion, is it faith , is it loyalty, is it intimacy, is it fondness, is it warmth, is it tenderness, or just plain green eyed envious jealousy ?
Is it deep attachment, is it endearment, is it devotion, or it is adoration ?

Is it passion , is it adour ,is it lust or is it sheer desire ?
Is it infatuation or enchantment, or it is plain need to control someone ?

I can go on and on like Celine Dion says in a song, ‘My heart will go On and On’ ——–
But the simple and undeniable truth is ‘ Love is Something which makes a World go On and On, and if Love didn’t exist, maybe Mankind would have had to Invent it.