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If You Let Me

                                                                                                  Sunil Kaushal
                                                                                                                                                                                       Love and pain are lethal
                                                                                  Dr. Sunil Kaushal, a gynecologist, trilingual writer, published globally has                         I want to leave my fragrance behind
                                                                                  won many awards. Her poems have been translated into French, German,                                 to perfume your nights
                                                                                  and Greek also.
                                                                                                                                                                                       to give your loneliness a companion.
                                                                                  Ÿ  She was honoured with The Enchanting Muse Award (International)
                                                                                     and                                                                                               Bare your soul to me,
                                                                                  Ÿ Fellow of the Regal World of Scribes (FRWS), by The Pentasi B Poetry                               let me kiss it back to throbbing life
                                                                                     Group.                                                                                            like Shiva, drink all poisons
                                                                                  Ÿ She has been designated as Literary Brigadier by Story Mirror.                                     of past wounds and injuries

                                                                                  Ÿ Stickypins bestowed her with the title of Quillmaster
                                                                                                                                                                                       Let me drown in your sorrows
                                                                                  Ÿ Literoma bestowed The Women Achiever's Award 2019 on her.                                          the glorious sun purging your shadows

                                                                                  Ÿ Her poems have been featured in the Limca Book of Records as part of                               you rebirth, a new form, your effulgent glory
                                                                                     the Amravati Poetic Prism 2018.                                                                   radiating over earth and sky

                                                                                  Ÿ As Lioness president she was awarded Best Lioness President, Asia.
                                                                                                                                                                                       When I mingle
                                                                                  Ÿ She  was  a  Gold  medallist  in  Dramatics  throughout  her  Medical
                                                                                     College career.                                                                                   into the forgotten
                                                                                                                                                                                       shadows of time
                                                                                  Ÿ Her memoirs Gypsy Wanderings & Random Reflections have recently                                     forever.
                                                                                     been  awarded  The  Nissim  Award  by  The  Significant  League
                                                                                     (International) for its 'Exquisite prose'.

                                                                                  Ÿ  At 75 she loves life in all forms, which inspires her to write.
                                                                                                                                                                                       Love Needs No Reason

                                                                                                                                                                                       By the seashore, bygone echoes
                                                                                                                                                                                       crash on crags spent
                                                                                                                                                                                       embraced again by the sea.
                                                                                                                                                                                       You and I, blinded in fiery ardor's desire,
                                                                                                                                                                                       spurning diktats plunged into smoldering shards,
                                                                                                                                                                                       tongues of times fanned tales ablaze
                                                                                                    Love to be polite                                                                  friends foes scattered our combined ashes

                                                                                                 than being polished:
                                                                                                                                                                                       Caressing sea breezes kept our night awake,
                                                                                                  prefer to be lovable                                                                 golden bodies entwined
                                                                                                 than being praisable                                                                  sans bonds sans promises sans shame,
                                                                                                                                                                                       stars winking in drunken delight
                                                                                                                                                                                       For all things, there's a season
                                                                                                          ...Author                                                                    I know you loved me
                                                                                                                                                                                       just as did I
                                                                                                                                                                                       love needs no reason.

                                                                                                                                                                                       @Dr. Sunil Kaushal

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