Chasm by Shubh Bala Schiesser

Some relationships don't break Even after parting hands Feet keep chasing rivers of time Rivers shrink between banks Massive monsoons Don't listen to the shores An old season of memories returns Sky burns charcoals sooty clouds ruffle Exactly like your fickle nature You scatter torn pieces of letters Gloomy winds exposes Your messages No one dies with the dead ashes lie still hot on earth Pain of separation breaks through tears Shadows of heart ploughing Plants of sadness long sighs Bury under ribs reverberating I have placed on my tongue A capsule of your burning pain It neither melts nor slides Scorches throat lungs and heart

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