Valentine's note

As I wait for this night to pass too

Like the ones that pass sleepless daily.

Time has surpassed my thoughts now.

Still stranded in the same moment captivated…

“Love happens only once.”

And my bit was the one you stole away..

However strange you act when I’m around,

I cannot forget those magical words you said so often.

Thirty springs have gone by,

falling in love with the wrong guy.

A thousand more years will go by,

But the stupid girl will never learn not to cry….

And now indeed I don’t feel up to love these days.

For it seems there’s some work to be done.

Love doesn’t string me like a necklace anymore these days,

as the long string of pain does.

Feel something today

For those who feel just
Today's the day to celebrate.
Let your emotions be ceased for a while.
Love's not a feeling to be shown like this.
For it's the most divine thought in heaven.

For those who feel
Today's just another day to please your love.
The meaning of love is not clear.
It's the purest and most honest way to understand
The bonding shared between the two.

For those who feel
Today's just another day of exaggeration
Love holds no boundaries.
Spread your arms out and you shall know
The depth of Love is not that shallow.

For those who believe in freedom,
Fall in love today and realize
The most serene acts happen
In those 'one nights'.

No matter, if He doesn't know

"Does he know
that even now I remember him,
want him?
That even now
I warm my body at midnight
in fire of his memories?

If he doesn't know,
what does it matter?
This is my happiness
that I love him
Whether he loves me or not."

                                - Taslima Nasreen