Love is Unfathomable
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Six years old child
And his father was
By the side of
The dug trench
The child turned to
His father and said
This is very deep
Because he hasn’t seen
Something like that before
His father replied that
It is true, but
This is not as deep as love
“Wow!” Father he exclaimed
“So love is deeper
Than this?” He asked
Looking at his father
Yes, son, he replied
“I will like to
See the depth of
Love one day to know how deep it is”
Will you take me
To love to see
How deeper it is
And arrive at my conclusion
This is because I
Don’t want to base
My statement and reactions
On what you have told me
Because he thought love
Is a thing that
Can be seen like
The trench he said this to his father
His father replied him
Love is not lie
This trench that you
Are seeing physically
How then do you
Know that it is
Deeper if it is
Not visible like this trench he asked
Love can only be
Seen when it is
Expressed and it is
Via that, that we know how deep it is
Even then any deepest
Thing anyone can see
Or talk about
In the world
The son looks confused
As the father adds that
As you grow you
Will understand better
On this the son
Rest his case as
He keeps growing, though
With the thought inside
Him that he will
One day see love
And would know how
Deep it is.
Early during his teenage
Days, that he was on
Vacation, the family went
To the beach
When he was alone
With his father he
Recalled when they were
Together years back
And asked again
Father is love as
Deep as seas? Because
From our studies of
Geography in school
We are taught that
Oceans and seas are
Very deep. His father
Again replied that
Love is deeper than
Seas and oceans. Its
Depth is unfathomable he
Replied his darling son
“Wow!” Exclaimed he in
Surprise again as he
Did years back “I
Need to know this love”, he said
By and by you
Shall understand what I
Am saying it remains
A little while for thee to understand
Again, he let the
Matter rest but kept
The word close to
His heart, “It remains a little” for me to understand
Months after this, this
Guy developed interest in
A lady he tried
His best to suppress
His feelings for this
Lady but he finds
It difficult because the
More he wants to
The more he discovers
That he always wishes
To be by the side
Of the lady
He was always imagining
Them being together. The
Burning desire for her
Could not be suppressed again
AS he chat the lady
Up. Their equation became
Balanced because the lady
Herself has daily been
Dreaming of being with
Him. They continued to
Play their love albeit
Secretly from public spectacle
And most importantly from
Their parents spectacle. Since
Their parents did not
Know anything about their involvement
Their case was not
Incorporated into their decisions
When they want to
Send them errands.
Many times they have
Sent them errands that
Would clash with the
Time they planned to meet
When these happen the
Duo would maneuver themselves
Out of the errand
That day to honor their date
They started giving it
All it takes for the
Growth and sustenance of
Their love for each other
The father of the
Guy noticed changes in
His son’s reaction and
He desires to know what’s up
Therefore, he deliberately
He fixed a journey
With his son, the journey
Would take them out
Of their abode for
Months. He did this
Because he knows his
Son’s hubbies, that
One of his hobbies
Is traveling, knowing places.
But the son would
Turn down the offer
His father insisted that
He cannot just turn
Down the offer when
It is not as if he would be busy at home
If he has a genuine
Evidence for not wishing
To travel with him
He should say it
But if there is
No genuine evidence, he
Is going with him
His father conclusively said
The son discovers that
If he did not
Tell his father about
His relationship, then he would go with his father
He told his father
About his involvement with
The lady for a while
And the relationship is getting serious
After he said this,
His father told him
That he has noticed
That for a while
For that was the
Reason behind his fixing
The trip so that
He would know the truth
And would not base
His thought on mere
Assumptions. Now that you
Have been experiencing love
You can see that
Depth of love. You
Will discover that love
Is deeper than the trench
It is even deeper
Than the oceans and
Seas to some measurable
Degree as I have said before
Its depth cannot be
Determined, it cannot be
Measured by any known
Human instruments in the world
A lover can do
Anything for love
A lover can give all
For love. Lovers can even give their lives
For their love. But
This cannot be done
By oceans and seas
For they cannot be emptied
For anything neither anyone
In the world. or
Do you think they
Can be emptied for anyone?
The son replied No,
They cannot be emptied
For anyone. But a lover
Can do this.
Therefore, the wisest king
Who ever lived said,
When a lover does
This he would “be contemned” by people
Because they cannot fathom
Why he was doing
That for it is
A mystery, love is a mystery.
Love’s unfathomable depth makes
God’s Son to give
His life for the
Redemption of humanity
This unfathomable depth of
Love makes it difficult
For anyone to predict
The way of eagle in air
The way of serpent
Upon the rock and
The way of ship
In the midst of the seas
Love is in the
Heart, love is in
The mind, Love is
In the eyes
It cannot be seen
Neither can its depth be
Measured but by their
Actions you can say something about love
That someone has been
Subsumed in love or
That the person has
No love.
Now, I know you
Understand that is why
I said, by and by
You will understand
The son replied that
He now understands that
Love’s depth is indeed
Unfathomable.
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