You Chose The Gift Above The Giver! Poem by PARTHA SARATHI PAUL

You yet love the name
that I once gave to you
as a sweet love name.
You yet love to be called by
that old name
by what this voice called you
with all love for the first time.
Only that love is gone!
Yet you love only the name!

Your face would beam like diamond
when I called you in whisper or sound
by the pet name I once named.
You hold the name yet dear to you.
You love all to call you by the same.
The name once I gave you is now your nickname!
You find any other voice friendly and lovely
that knows and calls you by the name!
You don`t smile anymore let alone proud smiles
when you are called with love by your old flame!

You would love to fill a blank page
with love calligraphy in a love-name sketch!
You wrote it everywhere; on your books and notebooks.
You had fun with it in preteen wild craze!
Ah! You have clung to the name since you were christened.
Only the love is gone that earned you the name!
O baby, really you are great and greater is your love!
You pull in love-fold and then in a while give a good shove!
O baby, really you are great and greater is your love!

You yet love the name
that I once gave to you
as a sweet love name.
You yet love to be called by
that old name
by what this voice called you
with all love for the first time.
Only that love is gone!
Yet you love only the name!