Love Found Me

Sneha Asthana

A silent night and twinkling stars

Make me see the healing of my scars

A slow walk and a subtle smile

Why haven't I loved myself all this while?

A plethora of feelings I feel at once

Not one is of sadness, pain or grievance

A feeling as fresh as mint

Emerges from the inside giving me a hint

A hint of falling in love with something

A hint of falling in love with the way I sing

Love saw new meaning for me

It took me beyond the boundaries I decided for me

My adrenaline with risks got higher

Every second absorbed in this feeling made me a better fighter

I sat down for a second to think

Is this all crazy or in these feelings I really sink?

My heart began beating faster

With every breath, I became my own master

Big eyes and lashes like those of a hornbill

Smell every scent with positivity that is filled

My lips allow me only to speak the pure

While my heart still searches in me for things obscure

Tiny, warm hands feeling the love from your handshake

A big, tight hug to rid your body from the ache

I didn't know I could do so much just by being me

As I stand in front of a mirror, it's only the will to do more, I see

I take myself along everywhere I go now

I don't want to leave myself alone even for a second somehow

Living with all these emotions I was concealing

Then I realised saying 'i love you' to myself was the best feeling.