untouchable love — Summary

nausha ameenRomantic

Her love for him was eternal He kept waiting for her to come soon But they were destined to be separate He was the wolf She was the moon

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Nausha Ameen's "untouchable love" tells a whole love story in five short lines. A woman loves a man with a love that never ends, and he waits for her to arrive. But the poem says outright that they were "destined to be separate," so the waiting is already doomed.

The last two lines carry the main idea. He is the wolf and she is the moon. A wolf can howl at the moon, but he can never get any closer to it. The image makes the distance feel permanent, not just a bit of bad luck. It also makes her seem beautiful and out of reach, while he is left looking up from the ground.

The mood is wistful and quietly sad. The plain wording and short lines make it sound almost like a statement of fact, as if the speaker has accepted that this love can only be longed for, never held.

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