If You Are (2012) Poem by Ashutosh Pandey

If you are, then I am.
If you are not, nor am I.
If you breathe, I do too.
If you stop, I will die.

If you are cut, I am bleeding.
Your eyes, I want to be reading.
When the Sun shines of your face, it does on mine.
When I gaze at the Moon, I see you shine.
In the dark, you are my hope.
If I am falling, you are my rope.
If I am sick, your presence heals me.
Your beauty and your charm always steals me.

If you are, then I am.
If you are not, nor am I…