Love Poem: For You, My Love
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Written by: Tanushri Noronha

For You, My Love

She feels like the rain-
open and omnipresent.
He feels like the fire-
contained and dampened by her. 

She feels trapped in her words, 
And he strolls in his silence. 
She walks blind
Not knowing when to turn 
or take a step back. 
He barges in with his reasons, 
and knocks her cane off. 

She fumbles with despair, 
He- with his whispers. 
She dances in mad circles,
chasing memories, 
He walks on straight lines-
building beliefs. 

She spends all her days
lying under the tress-
smiling, waiting for the emptiness of the fall.
And he spends all his nights
counting faces, making conversations,
Until he has known them all.