My Love

Stuck between paradoxes
Loved with a passion
Hated with intensity too
She's the only one of her fashion

She is strife, struggle
And rightly so
But also freshness, freedom
For the ones who know

You breathe in her scent
Cautiously to begin
But like a narcotic
She reels you right in

She'll make you tough
By demanding too much
Make you cool
You don't mind much

I like to think
She makes you true
She knows what's important
She's above the petty & so are you

She'll give you a chance
To make your name
Never one to turn away
The billions looking for fame

She's sexy
She's diligent
She's a dreamer
She's magnificent

She's fascinating as hell
But no heaven can hold you
The way she does
The way she beholds you

Nothing in the world
Equals her many-faceted sights
Day-time mess, sea-side calm
Golden nights - a thousand blinking lights

You must, absolutely must
Come back to her arms
Once you've tasted of her
Once beguiled by her charms

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I was recently asked to name my favorite place in the world and this is an ode to that. Mumbai :)