Fuel is Not the Flame
Fuel is Not the Flame
"Dear one, don't you like
your darling ? Kindly speak
Think of our yesterdays,
Eskimo kisses and impish plays
Our moments together
Was truely sweet all through
O ! I recall those days of joy
Why you stay aloof, growing shy ?
Hey ! Why is this change
In your looks, you seem to range,
All your thoughts in a strange,
I think, mysterious trench."
"No mystery dude ! my mind
is not of an enigmatic kind
You have known me well enough
from long past, a poor stuff.
Leave me now, don't try to capture
With your flirty words anymore
As you did with me before
In your usual ways of cajolery.
Though weak and fragile
As you men describe all agile,
Smart and trustworthy female,
No more wish I to partake in your sail.
I know men, young and old
Are all alike, of one mould;
Equally conceited and bold
In their ways to gain and hold.
To lure poor women
With their fake affection
And fabulous description
of their beauty, a subversion.
Above all, man's judgement
Propaganda and comment
About women as fragile and weak
As born dependent and meek.
Who can stand their orgy
And tread that path craggy
As he transcends often and on
Barriers of morality known
O! insidiousness of man !
His beastly pursuits inhuman
Shown in his gestures, lovely
Promises are all pretentions only
No woman of honor and sanity
Not even the gullible one
Would dare to fall in love
With the so called man even for fun."
Lend an ear dear fellow souls
Mere mortal bodies with myriad goals
The senses portray divergent views
As perceptions screened on the mind
Love is often mistaken,
for love of objects the body need,
need of subjects for the mind to feed,
the 'feed' to satiate your greed.
Infatuations, fleeting passions
out of lustful fascinations
Distressing crave to yearn
what that you wish to own
Make one seek selfish means
Heedless of other's pains
Treachery with a smile
ditch with utter spite
Love is not to blame
fuel is not the flame
In the raving fire
As in every pyre
Burns the sandal logs
along with the corpse
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