Lovers of Broken Mountains

Uncut Poetry

Where do the boundaries of love begin - and end? Who is the arbiter of what's right - and what's wrong? For too long, rules have followed the drumbeats of arbitrary prejudices and preferences, bereft of personal choices. It's a tragedy that after centuries of literature, art and norm, there is still stigma, there is still disapproval, there is still the need for secrecy. As couples gravitate towards their desires and destinies, building defences, building walls, it is incumbent for the world at large to embrace them into normalcy, so they know they are part of the same loving community they have come from, and are not outliers. As Jake Gyllenhaal said about the protagonists in the film Brokeback Mountain - That what ties these two characters together is not just a love, but a loneliness. I think primarily it was deep loneliness - it is about two people desperately looking for love. To be loved. And who were probably capable of it. And they just found it with someone of the same sex. Hopefully it can create an equality of an idea: that it's possible that you can find love anywhere. That intimacy exists in so many places that convention and society won't always allow us to see. And we won't allow ourselves to see, because of what criticism — and danger — it might provoke. If you liked this poem, consider listening to these other poems celebrating the Pride Month:

• Not Making Love, Only Being in Love
• I Surrender to That Feeling Again
• Call Me By Your Name

Find other magical things, like a lovely free chapbook of poems, and other resources here. I am Sunil Bhandari.

I am a poet based out of India. My book of poetry 'Of Love and Other Abandonments' was an Amazon bestseller. My second book is 'Of journeys & Other Ways to Get Lost'. Both are available on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram at @sunilgivesup.

Get in touch with me on [e-mail] The details of the music used in this episode are as follows - Die Unendliche Geschichte by Sascha Ende®
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/512-die-unendliche-geschichte
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license