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A Frustrated Lover's Pay

A Frustrated Lover's Pay

Ujjal Mandal, Ganguria, India, July 08,2020

Once there was a day
you used to say
'we are one sweet flower,
without petals it seems sour'.
But O dear, you taught me today
love in blind must pay;
what kind of pay, I don't know,
just try to be blind once, it must show.

 

*This poem shows a lover's painful feelings. Here I try to show that.
 

 

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Broken Love

You once asked me why I loved you

 

You once asked me why I loved you.

 

I didn’t know what to say.

 

Because you are kind,

like a viper, killing quickly.

 

Or because you’re wicked smart,

like a jungle cat stalking its prey.

 

Because you see me, deeply,

that much is true.

 

I didn’t know what to say,

so I didn’t say anything at all.

 

In the silence that has settled

in the ye...

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