
Urvi Ramani
The shore I'm left on
21
Poetry
I will not wait for you anymore.
The books I wrote in your memory, I won't open their door.
I will never speak your name evermore,
But will this help me forget the name I once adored,
Just as you forgot me, leaving me abandoned on the shore?
I could even forgive you for the wrongs you bore,
But would that guarantee that you'd come back to see me, for once more?
I won't complain about you to the moon anymore,
I won't hope for your return like before.
I cried tears like rain, they would pour,
I spent my time waiting, my heart sore.
Alone at night, looking at your portrait I adored,
I felt this was the reward for forgiving the mistakes of a thousand and four.
Yesterday when we ran into each other on the floor,
I lost my senses, I was no longer in control.
When I saw myself in your eyes, I could no longer ignore,
I forgot my own self, my entire soul.
I had forgotten that you were no longer mine to adore,
I didn't know life would be so unexpected to the core,
That you would become a chapter in my life and nothing more.
And at night, I missed you so much that I couldn't ignore,
I forgot I was talking to your picture, not you, who I adore.