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Bit On the Side

A BIT ON THE  SIDE


They strolled together with wistful strides, 
their marriage wows a step behind, 
and all the absent qualities in tow, 
the private mirth, the soundless words,

neither saw the storm in the winds, 
that could rustle leaves in their lives, 
neither felt the need to think or state, 
what could not be re lived, or be at stake,

nor felt the guilt, which would be fed again, 
with those excuses, to make things seem right,
knowing neither could stay away for long, 
nor break the bonds, the yokes of wedlock, 

those nuptial wows that catch up in step,
yet some times linger far behind ….


SUDHIR  DIWAN
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