Poets keep repainting it.
Bollywood keeps
rebranding it.
Urdu shayars, bhai saab!
The layer of glitter that
has been heaped on this
thing called love-
You think you know it.
We all pretend to
recognize it.
But if you could just
take a breath and think
about it. What's it?
Has it happened to you?
Have you recognized it?
Have you touched it,
and felt it in between your
fingers?
And has it slipped away
from your fingers while
you did so?
Now feel it on your tongue.
Does it flash a face?
Taste it.
Now smile.
Well, well.
that freaking feeling!
Does it ever go away?