Sunday, February 13, 2011

A Day for Love



Love...love...love...

Its everywhere on coffee mugs, newspaper, fliers, TV commercials, FM channels, flowershops, billboards, etc;

Its everywhere, even in the air, I can see it floating and flying, little heart-shaped red balloons with those magical words printed on it, along with fancy frills and glitter.

I can see the word 'love' unfolding in the wrapped gift;

I can see it when those manicured fingers get entwined with the manly ones behind the bouquet of flowers;

I can see it being explored in the nooks and corners of the body where the essence of life lies hidden;

I can hear it in giggly smiles and perfumed whispers;

I can hear it when “I love you” is chanted frivolously or like a well-rehearsed monologue which turns into a dialogue;

I see it everywhere around me,
Except where it should have been;
in the heart.

P.S. Wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day!
May each of you be touched by the most beautiful emotion on this earth which is stronger than Fevicol. May it keep the two hearts glued forever. Let not market forces but the forces of your heart bind you two.

31 comments:

Sankoobaba said...

v-day... very-hyped day

Sh@s said...

@ Sankoobaba,
Thanks! Wow, that was pretty quick, didn't think that I would instantly get a comment :D
Ya, you are right.

Jyothi said...

Nice one.... Happy V day.

Rashmi said...

Wow! Loved this piece :)

And i agree...let love be the reason, and the reason be love...

Happy V-day dear :)

Thinking said...

hmmm....enjoy....

Compassion Unlimitted said...

How true Sh,The ""word Love is "displayed" everywhere except perhaps where it should be expressed ie the Heart.And then can a 1 day display be like a switch,an ON & a Off...a luvly, timely post,as usual
TC
CU

A said...

Enjoy :))

clouds said...

Happy Valentines Day!!!

hey see this link
http://megha-jethmalani.blogspot.com/2011/02/cupids-day-out.html

Blasphemous Aesthete said...

Love comes in different flavours, on this day, it comes in a colour. Red and Pink.

:)

Creativity!! said...

Beautiful Write Up!

dr.antony said...

When I was at school,I had no idea what this V day was.I had a pen pal from US and she sent me a card which said" Be my Valentine and everything I have is yours".I believed it by word !!
And that is exactly what it means...Nothing.
Because,as easy as it is to fall in love, you can fall out of it too !

Sh@s said...

@ Jyothi,
Thanks! Same to u :)

@ Rashmi,
Thanks! Love that song :)

Sh@s said...

@ Thinking,
Thanks! :)

@ Compassion Unlimitted,
Thanks! Ya, thats the sad state of things these days. Everything has got commercialized even emotions.

Sh@s said...

@ A,
Thanks! Same to you :)

@ Clouds,
Thanks! Sure. Wish you, too :)

Sh@s said...

@ BA,
Ya, these are the only two colours that dominate the day. How boring :D

@ Creativity,
Thanks! :)

Sh@s said...

@ dr. antony,
Sad to know about your story. Hope you are OK now. Thats the reality of things. I agree with your last sentence. Nothing is permanent or lasting, not even love. Thats the hard truth :)

MangoMan said...

Please let these traditions live and not make mock them/find logic. How else will we marketeers earn our bread?

On a different note, Love is just nature's way of tricking us into reproducing!

Ugri said...

Happy Valentine's day!

Neena S said...

The love bug has surely hit blogger world! :D

I too wish that more love was found where in the right place: the heart. :)

Shail said...

hmm..nice one!!

Brian Miller said...

oh what a stinging close...but so true of many on vday

Devil Incarnate... said...

Hmmm same 2 u.. loved ur new template..

Sh@s said...

@ Mangoman,
I am not completely against commercialization but it should not reduce human emotions to mere economics. I agree with your last statement :P

Sh@s said...

@ Ugri,
Thanks! Same to you :)

@ Neena S,
Thanks!

Sh@s said...

@ Shail,
Thanks!

@ Brian Miller,
Thanks!

Sh@s said...

@ Devil Incarnate,
Thanks! :)

Pooja said...

*I see it everywhere around me,
Except where it should have been;
in the heart.*

Bingo! It does seems the emotion is lost somewhere in all the commercialization. Sad.

Swatantra said...

New template is nice.. happy valentine day..

Sh@s said...

@ Pooja,
Thanks!

Sh@s said...

@ Swatantra,
Thanks!

sush said...

kya baath hei- aap to sach much creative writer ho..nono iam not drowning:-) haha
enjoyed reading many posts by you now!