Love is not rational

The loved one does not love me back;

The loving one does not get my love.

Who you love and who loves you

Aren’t one and the same person.

I’m dear to my mother and

My daughter is dear to me.

Mandothari loved Ravana

And Ravana was mad of Seeta.

The real love is neither mutual

Nor reciprocal nor conditional.

Love is not rational; but instinctual.

28.07.2009

[The characters are from the epic, Ramayana.

Mandothari was in ardent love for her husband King Ravana, who was mad of Sita, wife of Prince Rama]

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