Every word I say
Everything I do;
Nothing I have done, oh you are unaware,
Before keeping myself in place of you!

I burnt a thousand times,
Hiding my tears behind.
Behind the smile that you have always seen,
Unaware you still are, like you have always been.

While I was standing there for you like a rock,
I have seen you change like the weather;
I saw you flying far away from me,
Just like a feather.

Remember,
Everything I say or do,
I always keep myself in place of you.
And maybe this is the reason I know why,
I was too wrong to give it a try.

I tried enough, waited for too long;
To keep you for life,
To keep the connecting thread strong.

Today, even the strong rock is broken down;
The smile that has always been there,
has now drowned.

The weather has taken a leap again;
Pieces of rocks now flowing away with the rain.
And as the rain, settles the flying feather on the ground;
With the shaky legs, you turn around.
Turn around with a hope to get the support of rock which was once there;
But oh you are unaware!
That rock vanished when you flew away a long time ago,
When it was standing there just for you,
To never let you go!

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