A Flawed Lover Poem by Arun Maji

I am a mortal boy
With mortal flesh and fragile mind,
Everything of mine is flawed-
My dress, my hair, my look,
My demeanour- everything.
I do good things, I do bad things.
I am saint sometime, I am sinner sometime.

This is how I am,
And this is how I would be.
I am an earthly man
With impurity engraved in my fragile soul.

My love for you is fragile, fleeting.
One moment, I drive you far;
Next moment, my achy heart cries-
Missing you.
I love you sometime, I fight you next time.
I forget you sometime, I seek you next time.
My love for you is
Impure, imperfect, inadequate, distorted.

Yet if ever, I see you crying,
Tears roll down my cheek.
If ever, I see you fall sick
I pray to God silently
To make you better
By making me sick.

I know, I am not good.
But I am sincere in my effort
Every day,
To love you little more,
To care you little more.