Love that awaits
Author: Naznin Sultana, University of Hyderabad, India
Love that awaits,
Gently, calmly, patiently,
Beyond the prison walls.
Love that awaits
Of a lover, mother, brother,
of a sister
Love that endures hardships of the day,
Love that cries every night,
But awaits.
When the awaiting itself becomes injustice,
Love hopes for justice.
When the punishment is in waiting,
Love awaits even in the doomsday.
Life burns inside the prison,
But love awaits gently outside for 1941 days
And 2168 days,
Love awaits.
Love awaits in tears, wounds, cravings, bruises,
through locked doors and delayed justice,
counting days that become years,
but awaits.
Until it can finally fall apart
into the lover’s arms.
Love that feels radical,
but soft and gentle in awaiting,
Love that seems ordinary,
But extraordinary in awaiting.