Suraj Samtani Poems

Between your 'O' and K' in your yesterday's 'okay'
There was perhaps a silently sorrowful story that you didn't say.

Behind your mask of being 'fine'
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You dislike how we don't talk to each other.

I dislike how we now can't walk together.
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O lucky one,

With an extra week to spare.
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The news of your disease left me so helpless,

That my senses motioned to numbness.
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I wish you a wonderfully Happy Birthday,

As your every happiness come to stay.
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Without speaking,
You bid me adieu,
Whatever was pending,
With you it flew.
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I thought I knew you.

I thought I loved you.
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I once created you with pure intentions,

I then formed you with pristine motions.
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From being best friends,
We became strangers with loose ends,

From having a trust that knew no science,
We became uncomfortable even with our own silence.
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I bought this body when it was on sale,

Which explains why it is still so stale.
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