I Wish For A Love

 

I wish for a love that will stay,
Long past the honeymoon’s fleeting day,
A bond that weathers every storm,
Through changing hearts and shifting form.

Not one who just praises my eyes,
For soon they’ll sit behind time’s guise,
But one who treasures the soul within,
Through every scar and every sin.

Not one who calls me flawless, sweet,
But names my flaws, makes me complete,
Whose duty is to help me grow,
To shape the best that I can show.

Not one who gifts me roses red,
But plants a garden here instead,
I seek no fleeting, fragile flame,
But love that time cannot reclaim.

I ask for no grand, empty vow,
For I’ve seen life and I know how
Promises fade, yet truth will stay
When love walks with you, day by day.

I wish for a love, so pure, so mild,
It holds the heart like a trusting child,
Untouched by games or sly temptation,
A quiet, steady, true relation.

Niharika Prasad