Bharti Bensal
Wishes

Barren home and broken bodies
I dream of a land
Where I am not a raging river
Or a dying moth
Where the light is not too faraway
And sun is at the tip of my thumb
Where my lover doesn't hold pillows for comfort but me
Where time doesn't fly
Like a bird in a burning forest
Waiting to escape
Where the dark doesn't scare me
And this lonely world doesn't convince me to find a dream
Big enough to weigh me down
Keep me grounded on earth
And doesn't let me shoot from the earth at escape velocity
All I am saying is that I am just trying to stay
As long as I can
Without making it sound like a complaint
Because you see, sometimes the best moments should be kept at one hand distance
And best memories are better off without heart
So all I am trying to do is detach myself
From this world
A rope being cut
A taut thread hanging loose
For there is no way to heal loneliness
But to believe that we afterall aren't even lonely alone
That somewhere someone feels exactly like us
Tucked in my bed
I am waving everyone off in my dream
And running to a land
Where nobody knows that I, infact, am so sad
I might break down on being asked simple questions
And know perfectly the answers I can never admit.