GOODBYE

I didn’t hate it when you said “sorry”
I knew that you were leaving, maybe forever.
I didn’t cry, I shed not a single tear
I couldn’t, my heart was numbed with fear.

Fear, of being unprotected without you
I forgot to tell you, you were the only one for me.
You were everything to me, I had no one else
I thought you knew; now I know you didn’t.

My friends, they have their loves, I’m not the first
My family, they’ve never really cared enough
I had only you, you are always my number one
I thought you had cared for me the same.

Now my friends, they tell me to forget
They tell me I can live without you.
Even you told me that, remember?
You really don’t know me, then.

Because the truth remains- I will always love you.
You’re the reason for my existence.
You’re in every breath that I take
You are the one who made me smile.

That smile is dead forever now.
I thought you would believe me when I said-
“I’ll die without you”
You didn’t know it was true, did you?

Because this is the last poem I’m writing to you
Maybe you will understand now
I really love you, I always will,
But I can’t face the world without you.

I will breathe, if you want me to
I will remain a numbed soul.
Every emotion is dead now
Except the one- I LOVE YOU.

- Radhikaa Sharma