Radhika;

I have loved you and your Lord forever,

I have given myself in my poems at your lotus feet

I have held your hand

And tried to caress you.

Every syllable of this book I have imagined from your lotus lips

Here is one such bunch of syllables

From mine.

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My dearest Radhika

How could you?

I look at you

And I look at strength;

Unimaginable, unfathomable

Fortitude that cannot humanly be possessed

You proved the world wrong by possessing so.

Sweet Radha,

How did you?

You are the epitome of selflessness

Sacrifices, I've seen a lot of them

But you of all, sacrificed something that is

So incredibly hard to even have.

Love.

The light of your life

Sri Krishna

You selflessly gave way

For him to flourish

Even if it meant tarnishing your sweet name

Forever.

I bow down to you, o beloved of Hari

my obeisances to you, o queen of milkmaids

There cannot be a second Radha, ever

But if one even could be

A toenail of your entirety

Shall he, be liberated.

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Kumkumakta-kancanabja-garva-hari-gaurabha

Pitanancitabja-gandha-kirti-nindi-saurabha

Ballavesha-sunu-sarva-vancitartha-sadhika

Mahyam-atma-pada-padma-dasya-dastu-Radhika

Her splendorous golden complexion steals the pride of a golden lotus flower anointed with a tinge of red kumkum paste. Her sweet fragrance mocks the fame of the aroma of a lotus flower sprinkled with saffron powder. She is fully qualified to fulfil all the desires of the son of the king of cowherd men. May Sri Radhika bestow upon me the service of Her own lotus feet.

Until we meet again,

S.