Pihu Upadhyay Poet Free verse

The punctuation of smothered desire

In our next life, 
let's swap lives,
You become the poet , i become the muse
You yearn for me while I stay oblivious 
You write books on me, 
while I don't bother

In our next life
 I get the flower and you deal with the thorns  
In our next life
 I love me like breathing 
while you admire my dawn.

After all,  the knife was your's and the wound was mine
 Yet, Yet 'I' called it love every darn time

Everything you made up
Everytime you gaslit
My brain denied but my heart didn't

 The fire of desire was to be smothered by ice 
But neither did the fire burn my ice( My Brain), my ice was frozen in
 Into neither believing nor confrating
 for confranting was forbidden by fire(heart)
 and acknowladgement is mocked ice.

But now when ice melts fire 
the birthing sunshine kills desire

 here l am standing still 
Standing strong like never before

For now I have learnt the art of letting go
The letting go of love
the achievement of wave pain

Now I have learnt that love doesn't circle
 I have learnt that love maybe was just mend for us
For now I know my smothered desire and my shaken fire Would STILL ROOT FOR ME

But I am still fond of the time
When I thought the stars aligned
aligned to show love
But soon realised thats not how they rhymed.

And now when I am learning the lesson of faith and letting go of your vain

When ice is estinguished and fire melted

And Now finally ,
When I can not unlove you 
I envy the people who never met you.

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Rowena Velasco August 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM This really touched me. I can feel the pain, but I also see the strength growing through every line. Learning to let go without losing yourself is a powerful kind of healing. Keep choosing yourself—you deserve a love that never makes you question your worth.