Speak

It’s been a year since we started texting again,
A year since we both decided to put the past behind and expected the love to regain.

The multiple times I tried not to subtly inquire if u had moved on,
The way you not so subtly decided to ignore it all.

Failed attempts to put the emotions on the back burner
Until you were your usual charming self and wooed me over.

The silent serenade of words in the moon’s embrace,
Where I’d bring up everything possible in an attempt to make you confess.

It’s funny how I knew I was desperate but didn’t care,
But equally in agony by how you masked your feelings so well.

I treasured hope just like the letters you gave me,
And fed my delusion in every degree.

Just like that, it burst forth like a gushing stream somehow,
And I couldn’t help but cry for you to speak now.

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By: Komal Halwai

College: Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Borda, Margao