Lost Me
Will you ever come back to me?
Will your walls protect me henceforth?
Can I even dream of you in the wakeful hours of night?
Can I even store your image in my tearful eyes?
Are you just bricks and concrete?
Are you not love?
Are you just a house for sale?
Are you not love?
Are you just a big black gate?
Are you not love?
Are you just a market material?
Are you not love?
Who if not me, can feel peace under your roof?
Who if not me, can love the cracks on your terrace walls?
Who if not me, can pamper you with soil and water?
Who if not me, can adorn you with plants and bird houses?
When you fall into someone's hand,
Who will see the midnight stars along with you?
Who will play hide and seek behind your pillars?
Who will trust and share all their secrets with you?
Who will enhance your look with lights and garlands on festivals?
You know the answer is "No one"
But you didn't speak a word
when they came to snatch you from me
But why?
I wish you had a voice.
Funny though,
What could I do having a voice!!
I let you go
I lost you.
I lost me.
Copyright © Swetha Vangaveti | Year Posted 2022
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