Love, almost.

By Sukhmeet Kaur

it was raw and consuming, a fire that burned

not the fleeting kind

it was a lesson learned

every laugh and smile, a dagger in disguise 

what once felt like magic now only fills me with lies 

it’s not the kind of love that lights up the night

more like shadows lurking

hiding from the light

you were my treasure, yet a ghost in my chest

and all those memories feel like a test

i poured out my heart but it fell on deaf ears

the selfless devotion drowned out by fears 

wanting your happiness meant losing my own

in this echo of silence i felt so alone 

there’s a distance now that cuts like a knife

i can’t touch ur heart without losing my life 

some days im strong 

some days i break down

caught in this cycle where love wears a crown

my love was an offering laid bare on the ground

but in the end it left me lost and unbound

though it shaped who i am with it’s bittersweet pain

i learned that love can haunt you like the rhythm of rain

By Sukhmeet Kaur