Does love mean letting go?

Last Sunday, I got the opportunity to watch the film ‘Cinta’ that everyone has been talking about. Well, looks like newspapers and televisions have really done their jobs very well in persuading me to take an early trip to TGV to watch its first show of the day.
After watching, I think one part that really gave an impact upon me was when Rashidi Ishak left a note to his wife, saying that ‘Love means letting go”. (Earlier Rita Rudaini had told her husband that she loves someone else)

The poem that all of you will about to read has been inspired by this part of the movie. Okey, don’t think I am a ‘jiwang’ or ‘flowery person’. It’s just that, seeing this particular part of the movie reminded me of a good friend of mine. So, here I would like to dedicate this poem to her, hoping that if she happens to read this, more or less, this poem can help her pursue a new hope and life that she has been searching for, for a very long time.


DOES LOVE MEAN LETTING GO?

WHEN WE LOVE SOMEONE,
WE WOULDN’T BEAR TO LET HIM GO,
WE WOULDN’T BEAR TO LET HIM BE FAR FROM OUR SIGHT,
BUT STILL,
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE SAY,
LOVE MEANS LETTING GO?


IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE,
WOULD YOU DO WHAT EVER HE ASKS YOU TO DO?
INCLUDING LETTING HIM GO?
GO TO SOMEONE ELSE?
SOMEONE THAT HE FAVORS MORE?
AT LEAST MORE THAN HE FAVOURS YOU?


IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE,
AND THAT SOMEONE LOVES SOMEONE ELSE,
BUT YOU STILL LOVE HIM,
SO SO SO MUCH,
WOULD YOU LET HIM GO?
IF ‘GO’ WOULD MAKE HIM FEEL HAPPY,
EVEN IF YOU’RE THE ONE WHO WILL FEEL UNHAPPY?


IF YOU LOVE A MEMORY,
A MEMORY OF ONCE UPON A TIME,
AND IT RESTRICTS YOU FROM GETTING A NEW LIFE,
WOULD YOU LET THE MEMORY GO?
EVEN IT IS THE ONE THAT MAKES YOUR HEART WORK?
BACK THEN TILL NOW?


I GUESS,
WHEN I LOVE HIM,
BUT HE DOESN’T REALIZE,
OR HE PRETENDED THAT HE DOESN’T REALIZE,
BY RIGHT, I SHOULD LET HIM GO,
LET HIM GO OUT OF MY MIND,
LET HIS MEMORY GO OUT OF MIND,
BECAUSE OF THE LOVE I HAVE FOR HIM,
MAKES ME THINK AGAIN,
THAT IF I LIKE HIM SO MUCH,
I SHOULD LET HIM GO.
IF THIS COULD GIVE HAPPINESS TO HIM
THE MAYBE I SHOULD.
I SHOULD LET HIM GO.