|| B H A R A T H I Y A M ||

A new married life teaches you to accept
a woman or a man you never met before,
never lived with before.
But once you accept that person,
life takes both of you through events
that grind you, refine you, shape you…
until it feels like she or he was always a part of your story.

That feeling — that quiet, deep belonging —
is the true essence of love.
The ones you accept, the ones you stand
with in every struggle and every joy,
the ones you live your whole life with as your own…
that is the real love.

|| Venkatesham ||