In a small town lived a young girl, <br />Who had a very sweet name called “Furl” <br />She was very gentle and delectable <br />Exceedingly gorgeous and affable, <br />In the same town there lived “Ram”, a young man, <br />A little tea shop he ran. <br /> <br />Both fell in love with each other, <br />About consequences they didn’t bother. <br />Both were of different religions, <br />Born in diverse regions. <br />In this malicious society of nation, <br />There is a lot of racial discrimination. <br /> <br />It is a universal tradition, <br />That girl and boy marry only of same religion. <br />The society made Ram and Furl separate, <br />And thus bad luck struck their fate. <br />They both thought, <br />About their life a lot <br />And decided if not live with each other, <br />Then why not die together? <br /> <br />The next morning’s rising sun, <br />Saw the dead couple, making everyone stun. <br />Thus, the lovers had to die, <br />Due to social religion’s tie. <br /> <br />Let us shatter all religious rifts, <br />And consider each other as God’s gift. <br />Let us cut the bonds of caste and race, <br />And eliminate inhumanity’s every trace, <br />So that no couple is alienated again, <br />On no account do they die again.<br /><br />Roopa Menon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tale-of-love-2/
