For you, My love

Some say my love, there’s a time for love 
An occasion to assert, and to proclaim
For me, my love, there’s none to resolve
Nothing to validate, or rename

Friendship distinct, values progressive
Your trust not for selfish pursuits
World I question, in you I believe
Absorbed in you, my life renews

Opposed you are to unjust strictures
Unyielding your principled stands
Averse to imperialism, oppressions
You endorse free people and lands     

My friend forever, my teacher you are
You inspire me in times good and rough
Lending me strength, whether near or far
Unflinching courage, determination tough 

For some my love, we picture perfect 
For me love grows, an evolving frame
Some may say, we reposeful, content
For you my love, may I not be in vain…

– Saswat Pattanayak, Peoples’ Poet