Alone
Alone
Who told you that I wanna live my own and leave you?
Who told you that I wanna separate myself in the blinks of the eyes and go to opposites at the bays surrounded into solitude?
I always wanted to build a home with you,
But, you never meant to be!
You couldn’t be my home,
You couldn’t ensure my safety and sanity!
My home became a jail with you,
My mind became a slave,
My life entangled with your melodramas,
My reliance became pawned,
I had to loose you to find me,
I had to leave you in search of the lost me!
I wish you could think to be a part of mine,
But, no, you wanted to assimilate and
dissolve me into your impurities,
Forgetting that I am ever divine,
Not made for shiny pearls so clandestine,
But, I could become your tangy clementine,
Sour but sweet,
You sucked all the goodness inside of me,
Whatever left I don't wanna share it anymore,
Everytime I share my kindness with anyone,
I get betrayed,
Everytime I try to linger on I get swayed away!
Everytime I think of a 'us' it ends up becoming 'only me',
Everytime I think of a 'team', it always grows to be a 'one-man army',
Alas! Some people are better alone,
A lonely rider,
Some are singular and particularistic,
Not a many can keep up the pace with them,
Sometimes, it's better to shred aura alone!
©® Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy
July, 2023
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