Love Poem: By My Side
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Written by: Amrit Raj Kapoor

By My Side

Ruffled for starters, confusion on the rocks

a colloquy for beginners as scattered as blocks

the more you think, the more you think more

away from yourself you weaken your core

Nothing was taught, they calculated it all

thrown from a cliff: not expected to fall!

a sign or an indicator would have sufficed

I wish there was somebody by my side

Words were flowers, I played with petal

like a plant you hold inside a nubilous metal

confidence reflected with replete pride

I wish there was somebody by my side

Qualities were belittled, expectations on list

I shook hand; they used fist!

smile was applauded; silence when I cried

I wish there was somebody by my side

A life of pain brought happiness surprise

an amazing new world reflected me wise

moment of truth stayed shallow and wide

I wish there was somebody by my side

Words were choked, feeling subsided

nothing got touch what’s already resided

I hankered them to see what’s inside

I wish there was somebody by my side

They went small, elevate to the big

looking for reality in a bald man’s wig

I then growled for things I abide

In a hope to get somebody by my side

The energy I gained, I realized, I had

I kept smiling closest to sad,

for a joyful life wherever I reside

just a few hands I ask by my side