It Ends
For G.D
It ends. Good things
always end terribly,
at dawn in his arms
wrapped, silently
or— late in the night
in unchartered apartments
or hotel foyers, over a
fight. It ends. Good things
always end terribly.
(Abhijit Sarmah, “It Ends” from The Voice Under Silence (2nd printing) Copyright © 2016 by Abhijit Sarmah.)
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