A Fragment
BY SRIMATHI NILIMA DEVI
They know not what love is, who say when
The beloved is dead that love is dead.
The dreams of by-gone lovers for ever flit
In the interminable interstices of Timeless Space.
Love as a dream is born anew in some lonely heart
At some dim, unexpected, unknown hour;
Take it to your heart, then, while you may,
There build for it a nest with your warm, tender hands;
But do not cage it, for love's sake; love never is
A possession, as it must always remain the one and only
Exquisite expression of the beauty of the soul