valentines day special

Love: the mystery continues
It is difficult to unfold the mystery of Love. Love is a dark and intangible feeling that often exposes its targets to danger, pain and suffering. Love is the pillar of friendship, although it works to weaken us and drives us to depend on and be sensitive of others. Love is built on a foundation of trust, a thin barrier between formality and chaos.
Some might argue that love brings human together and promote cooperation. Yet cooperation and unionism are two very short fangled areas, as they will soon be contaminated with betrayal and lies. Love is a dangerous component of life and it works to deceive and manipulate other people's trusts.
At young ages, humans have a natural instinct to befriend people, but this is what weakens them and makes them vulnerable to power hungry, we have watched countless children fall into the hands of bullies. This innocent children end up working as mindless slaves on behalf of the bully, or they get publicly ridiculed and emotionally hurt. These malevolent children gained their sadistic powers by taking advantages of an innocent. Ingenuous children haven't seen the world as a whole yet, so they easily endow their love and kind hearts into the wrong investments. Their love has been abused, yet if there were no such a thing as love, nobody would get hurt. Jealousy, which buds from the tree of love, motivates people to commit irrational actions. Most causes of dramas, whether at work or at school, revolve around jealousy. This will work to dissipate the concentration of one and provide more room for mistakes and distraction. When one feels jealous, it is because they care.
Love provokes sentimental feelings and causes ones to care. In our busy life, there is no room for so-called drama of jealousy. Yet one might argue that love is what makes us human. Love is what brings together family, friends and happy memories. Nonetheless, who can judge their love towards one is real? May be they are just taking advantage. Nobody knows. The trust between two people can be broken at a snap of a finger. An overheard conversation, a misread text message or simply the elements of doubt can shatter the component of trust between two people. There is nobody you can trust but yourself. Why love others? May be love can bring us together but it is unstable and dangerous.
Love is like a rose. The beauty of the flower is indescribable with words, but the stems are filled with vile thorns. Like a rose, it looks attractive and stunning but as you look closer and examine it thoroughly, you will discover that it comes with the pricks of jealousy, hatred and distrust and it will weaken you. If love was not invented, Romeo Juliet would have lived on and nobody would have to suffer the pain and suffering of love.                   - Anil Pokhrel

Valentines day; a wonderful flashback

''I love you...''
''I love you too...''
And I kissed her right on her lip. Wow! That was the moment, when I got all the happiness. I had been flying through the paradise. I felt that never imagined of crash-land right after.
Yes, I got all happiness on that day. So afterward the God took everything. Tears rolled down my chicks and fell on my lifeless paralyzed limbs. I could hardly move my wheel-chair forward but I managed to dray it to the next room. I turned the pages of my photo album. They were not just an album. They were the glimpses of my past life. I get flown away with the photos of that album.
I went back to the date of 2009. We had just met on college. We were from the same class. When our eyes stroke, I used to feel something right inside me. Time brought us closer; I used to look at her secretly in the class. Beside our friendship, I started to love her. I knew that we had our best time in life when we were in love.
We started to chat, talked over phone and even dated frequently. On my birthday in August 21, I got a precious gift from her.  She was with me whole day and even in night. We were in touch through hugs. Later she proposed me. I could not believe myself and I realized that I was the happiest man in the world.
"Why are you crying?" suddenly my mom entered into the room and asked. I said nothing. I was holding the album with full of tears. She left the room; she couldn't bear the sight of my pitiful condition. I again went to flashback.
Aug 22, 2009 was a new beginning for me. Though I had wept overnight, I seemed fresh and energetic. I rushed to college. Classes started as usual. In the meantime, we used to catch glimpses of each others. On the break time, she came and sat beside me. I felt myself a superhero. All my senses were busy to feel her. She was being sleepy and rested her head into my shoulder. I hold her hand and felt the warmth. I promised her to stay forever in her company.
 But my promises were vain. My dreams were shattered. Everything was gone. I was left empty and broken. I almost killed myself. Her love, moments with her were stored right inside my heart and how could I kill them?
Days were being beautiful. She used to add colours to my life. I used to love her all colours. We would not only understand the words of each other but also the silence. Even in silence, we shared everything.
Days and nights passed away. We even welcomed the New Year. We were happy. But who knows when the day comes to the end. That was our first valentine day. I couldn't decide what to give her? I shared it to my mom. According to her suggestion I prepared a hand-made card for her. My mom even financed for that day.  Feb 14th, 2010 came. I was excited. We met on Itahari roundabout and headed towards Bhedetar. We had a nice time. When we reached at the planned spot, I parked my bike. I kneeled before her and gave her rose card along with a ring. She agreed to be my valentine. She gave me a beautiful and precious gift. Later, I Shocked and knew that she sold her golden earrings to buy a gift for me. I went angry with her. But I didn't want to spoil the day. And I planned to buy her next pair later. We visited around, and shared beautiful moment. We were returning to our home. Some misery happened in our newly blossomed love.
I opened my eyes. I was on the ground lying semi-conscious. Warm bloods were flowing through my limbs. I crawled to my sweet heart. She was lying on the road. People came around me and I notified that we were being hit by a truck. The driver was drunk. I held her hands. Tears were rolling through her eyes. She held my hand, tried to say something but couldn't. My eyesight went dimmer. The sound was just echoed in my ears.
When I woke up, I found myself at hospital. My relatives and friends were there except her. I asked about my sweetheart. But nobody spoke. Someone told me that she was no more. I couldn't bear the pain. I tried to run away to find her but I couldn't raise my legs. What's wrong with them? I tried hard, cried bitterly but couldn't raise myself up. I was informed that the legs were paralyzed due to severe injury. To this day I have been living like a lifeless creature. I cried a lot, urged her to come back but all went futile. I don't know how far can I dray myself? But till my last breath she will remain forever. So I request all the guys who have been reading this story don't let go your Valentines. The truth is that you can't do anything without her as girls are special gifts of God for boys. So believe their worth and take care of them.  Because of that nightmare, every year I look up at the calendar, sigh heavily and say, ''Oops! Valentine's Day has come again....!''
- Amit Khatri


Unconditional love
Whenever I’m in need,
you always stood by me
In the times of trouble,
during the moments of despair
You say, you’re my shadow,
that you will follow me forever

I love you so much,
but I hate shadows
Shadow grows and shrinks,
with fading light
I don’t want you to,
ever disappear from my sight

You urge me to be practical,
and come out of my illusions
Be someone real and strong,
don’t make castle of sands
As without a single warning,
life may slip from our hands

Nothing is timeless,
except the memories
Cherish every moment of togetherness,
and love without condition
because,
Love that comes with a reason,
may vanish with changing season
I agree with you as always
but do you listen to what my heart says?
- Deependra Jha

Till Eternity and beyond

Hold my hands and,
I will take you to a world
Where selfless love exists; you will be loved,
You will be valued.

Make a promise-
That you will stand beside me forever,
In every circumstance you will be with me, and
I will give you the real happiness of life.

Make me feel special with your embrace;
I’d be the only one you would do anything and everything for;
Then, you’ll know what living in love is,
And what finding a paradise on earth is.

Though I can’t promise a life full of wealth,
Trust will be the foundation of our relationship;
The real essence of life would lead us,
And we would live a life that everybody reveres- till eternity and beyond.

-Anjali Thapa

Here I Love You

Here I love you.
In the dark pines the wind disentangles itself.
The moon glows like phosphorous on the vagrant waters.
Days, all one kind, go chasing each other.

The snow unfurls in dancing figures.
A silver gull slips down from the west.
Sometimes a sail. High, high stars.
Oh the black cross of a ship.
Alone.

Sometimes I get up early and even my soul is wet.
Far away the sea sounds and resounds.
This is a port.

Here I love you.
Here I love you and the horizon hides you in vain.
I love you still among these cold things.
Sometimes my kisses go on those heavy vessels
that cross the sea towards no arrival.
I see myself forgotten like those old anchors.

The piers sadden when the afternoon moors there.
My life grows tired, hungry to no purpose.
I love what I do not have. You are so far.
My loathing wrestles with the slow twilights.
But night comes and starts to sing to me.

The moon turns its clockwork dream.
The biggest stars look at me with your eyes.
And as I love you, the pines in the wind
want to sing your name with their leaves of wire.

- PabloNeruda