Parting Pains

a poem by Priya Sreedhar

Mate, lovable and gay
Could have
Parted
In a better way

Worthless promise
Ever taken
Dear!
Heart is broken

Is this what you sought?
Didn’t my memories
Ever ringer in
Thy thoughts?

Why couldn’t
You call?
We are mates
After all

Now I
Hear you
Now I
Don’t

Perhaps
You will
Perhaps
You won’t

Phone
Lies still
“Happy
Somewhere else”

Then comes
Alive
“Tired
Of the deadly world”

You come
You go
You flit
You fly

You run
In and out
Of my
Simple life

Now I
See you
Now I
Don’t

Perhaps
You will
Perhaps
You won’t

Oh! No
No more
This time
I go

Farewell
Runner man
Have your fun
Live your life

Play all
Your games
But not
With me.