Beautiful Spell

By Kunal Bhattacharya

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This is a story where a boy meets a girl

like he does on most unremarkable days of the year.

With all intents and purposes

she was just another girl, except, she wasn’t.

She was a rare effect that was starting to grow

and he’d been there before,

in the feeling of a four letter word.

But he was having a great time

running an affair in his mind,

that he could control.

There was a doubt about what she would say

which made him afraid and he could sense the gravity.

But she put her head on his shoulder

and his expectations aligned with reality.

Though he’s been as far as his hand shadow

holding her shadow’s hand,

Sometimes no matter how much you try that’s the closest you can get to her in the end.

This love made me think of somebody else,

And it melted the walls I built around myself,

And I could feel the magic in ordinary things,

Now I long to be under this beautiful spell.

We’re all silently the same but it’s love that we blame,

We prepare ourselves because we are afraid it’ll be over

and it’ll all be in vain,

Once upon a time, we used to find love wrapped in beauty

hidden between the seconds of our lives,

But now we are the pilots of the moment

who’ve forgotten to look around with time.

By Kunal Bhattacharya