The dark, the scars & the mask,
Oh! I know you know it all;
You understand the lines now,
Even without reading it whole.

I know I have talked too much
And you have heard it too many times;
I know you are tired of this cycle & so am I,
But let me just write it one last time!

Oh, You scars!
Its a dark night & I want you to bleed today,
And my dear mask let me take you off for one last time;
Our journey together has been a long one,
But it’s time for me to go to a place where it’s all pretty and sparkly,
So, let me just write about you one last time!

Let me pour out the pain like never before
And let me sing the saddest song that is ever sung,
Let me write these words in crimson red today,
The words that never managed their way to the tongue!

From the beginning of the days and till the end,
You and I were secret friends;
You have overlapped my soul,
On you now my being depends.

But this world is cruel,
So, now you must hide;
We will secretly sail together,
In this monstrous tide.

There is no place for us,
In these pretty sparkly corners,
So let’s take this long & tiring yet safe climb.
You are here trapped safely within me,
So, let me just write about you one last time!

Yukti Trivedi