The Break-Up Poem by Shrutika Nagpal

We had a great relationship
And an enviable one at that
We finished each other’s sentences
And each other’s lives
We defined each other
Like no other.

People envied our bond
Wondered how it worked so well
Waited anxiously for that evil knell
That would end this love spell.
And on this bagatelle
They’d dwell and dwell.

But after almost a decade
Of being together
I knew it could work no further
Our talks turned laconic
Our personalities acidic
I knew it had to end.

And the worst part
Of us growing apart
Was that everyone realized it too
And the sympathizers, huh, were few.
And then the fateful day
When we had to say:

It’s not working anymore
This ‘us’ is turning my mind sore.
You must walk out through that door,
And, we must admit the nefarious truth
This relationship’s no more about the truth
We can’t go on like this.
Man, you, am I going to miss.

As I broke up with Normalcy
What showed the most was puerility
The wild child in me was released
And my conscience was at ease
Since the break up, I’ve never been normal again
I’m this loud, conspicuous, abnormal pain
I’ve got a persistent malediction on me
But I guess that what you get for screwing over Normalcy.