Always

By Sindhu Verma

From where you see me

And if you see me,

When you see me smile and laugh and chat

With everyone but you,

I wonder how you feel.

Do you feel forgotten and dispensed?

Do you feel I have moved on?

Do you feel cross about it?

I so hope you don't

And that you are in a place

Much happier than you or I have ever been in.

But if you do feel that way,

You must not.

Your shadow may dress up in pretty clothes

And smile and laugh and chat

But will never be peeled off you,

Like the earth which

Painted with land and oceans

Will remain a fireball at its core.

By Sindhu Verma