Carpe Diem #380, Chita
At CD,Kristjaan,our host has used the following beautiful paragraph from Paulo Coelho’s “Aleph” to inspire us.
“I love you. I love you because all the loves in the world are like different rivers flowing into the same lake, where they meet and transformed into a single love that becomes rain and blesses the earth. I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go. I love you like a river which understands that it must learn to flow differently over waterfalls and to rest in the shallows. I love you because we are all born in the same place, at the same source, which keeps us provided with a constant supply of water. And so, when we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little. The spring returns, the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.
I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of a father for a child, not the love of God for His creatures, but a love with no name and no explanation, like a river that cannot explain why it follows a particular course, but simply flows onwards. A love that asks for nothing and gives nothing in return, it is simply there. […] (Source: “Aleph” by Paulo Coelho)
Kristjaan’s own hiaku is so inspired that many of us are spellbound.Am sharing Kristjaan’s haikus here with you all dear readers,so that you see how difficult it was for any of us to write for this challenge:-)
lotus flowers
rising from the depths of the pond
everlasting love
everlasting love
like a river flows onwards
uncertain of its goal
uncertain of its goal
rising from the depths of the pond
lotus flowers
(Kristjaan)
Now,wasn’t that beautifully ethereal?
Here comes my feeble effort 😛
Hearts aflame,
a beacon of love
burning bright
burning bright
drawing us closer
pearly dew
pearly dew
sizzling tenderly
hearts aflame
(Atreyee)
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