JOURNEY OF LOVE

I remembered what your hands told to me.

Their whisper gushed from the depths of the soul.

From distant times.

From previous incarnations.

They touched me through storms, through suns,

through snowdrifts, through omens …

Their whisper was so real,

that every cell in me was awaken.

At last, the day has come to be together

among the heights of the planet Earth,

where tenderness manages to be perfect,

where love is a gift from the Gods

and it resumes the life in the universe.

I stand among the fairy flowers in the garden –

grateful, revived

by the caress of your hands. 

POEMarium is pleased to display Younas Rehman's review of Stoianka Boianova's winning entry in Poetic Parley-98.

REVIEW *:

The poem titled as "Journey of Love , penned by a renowned poet Stoianka Boianova from Bulgaria , is a very sweet reflection of love ,depicted as a matter predestined for loving souls .

Since time began its journey, it got hold of space as well within its bosom ,and thus all things began their journey right from the moment when matter , space and time got their creation and started their interplay . And during this journey of time , it also witnessed creation of organic life , most profoundly exhibited in form of human creation . Life got its flavor ,fragrance , sweetness and all worth from love ,the first ever being that between Adam and Eve .

The poet , swayed by love's heated passions , goes into the past and starts remembering the very first day when his beloved had had a handshake with him . The handshake had a whole message, a full story, an unending narrative :

"I remember what your hands told me

Their whisper gushed from the depths of the soul

From distant times

From previous incarnations ."

The poet saw that apparently this simple touch of the beloved was filled with so many episodes of life . This touch contained storms , dazzling Suns, snowdrifts, seasons and many things else as love destines for lovers :

"They touched me through storms ,

Through Suns ,

Through snowdrifts,

Through omens ."

The poet recollects the first ever sweet whisper that the beloved made . It awakened his whole body right down to its cells. And now the poet feels elated to have won the day as at last the day has come for them to live together among the heights of the planet earth.

Love blended with tenderness and loyalty manages to make this planet a perfect place for living ,as echoed in the poet's lines:

"At last, the day has come to be together

Among the heights of the planet earth

Where tenderness manages to be perfect

Where love is a gift from God

And it resumes the life in the universe

I stand among the fairy flowers in the garden

Grateful, revived by the caress of your hands ."

A masterly poetic creation for which the poet deserves all accolades.

*Reviewed by Younas Rehman