SHADOWS

SHADOWS

I feel, oh yes I do!

Indifference is what I feel for you

Oh no! The opposite of love is not hate

Indifference is the apt word, you heard that right

Without a second thought, without a second glance

I decided right then and there you didn't deserve a second chance!

Self respect is a priority,

Head held high, today I walk with dignity

Some may call it pride, some may label it my arrogance

I wear it like my second skin, I call it indifference

My heart doesn't melt, neither does it skip a beat

I don't stand at crossroads, don't wait for me to grovel at your feet

Strangers we are today in a crowd of people

If I knew you once, I've deleted you from my memory without a scruple

In the light we're only dark shadows

A mirage in the hot deserts where rivers don't flow

Unwrapping you from every photograph laminated

Discarding every page and sheet which had my life cluttered

Losing my untoward baggage along the way

Walking light and flying free come what may!

©️ Sangeetha Kamath

Pic Courtesy: Pixabay

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