He was a fighter in everyways and well taught me too to fight, but without hurting any. I wish let fighters come into the life of everyone and make us do all daring deeds and eventually you may turn out to be a poet by chance, by mistake or even by luck.

The Fighter Pilot

The quick learner in me -

Trained in ease,

The practical difficulty in affairs.

And adapted well

To the need of the hour;

Though it touched the raw nerve of ours'.

My love for you 

Is not on any guarantee,

But surely on promise.

And that too from a person-

Who knows,

We can't ever be together. 

Though we by all chances,

Tied our mind, body and soul-

With no inhibitions striking us.

For we did know each others',

Like none others'- 

Did want to know us.

And we experienced-

The bliss of togetherness!

The bliss of oneness!

And the bliss of becoming we!

We experienced love and life-

In all perfect beauty!

All the three, getting closer and closer-

The mind, body and the soul.

What a perfect combo of love!

It did give us.

Unconditionally, applying the principles-

Of life and death!

And I could see-

The stars blessing us, 

In their every single wink-

You and I, and just we.

And we talked and talked,

The endless night.

Later you took and gave the courage.

And asked me-

To stick on to my maiden name.

Convincing me.

That itself is great! 

And would suffice for the rest life.

I wish I met you, early on.

But time,

Never steads behind;

Now let it be, as it is.

A long distance love story-

Might indeed be a fantasy.

Further we made it sure,

It's important to have a person, 

One can speak to-

The things that couldn't be-

Finer with all others'.

And to lend a helping hand when needed.

Couldn't stop yet.

And rather believed-

A shoulder to lean on,

In troubled times-

We are.

We are.

And if we could do that-

By staying apart;

Why the addition of wedding bells-

And the bodily ties…

And we dared to put upside down.

All conventional systems with no regret.

I close my eyes 

And I see- 

We speak-

We laugh-

We love-

And we guide each others'.

Ah, at last! 

You called me a fighter poet!

And I called you a fighter pilot!

And together, 

Our unconditional love, 

Ignited the Late Night Lantern!

:Parvathy Ramachandran