The Night you wished you were Dead<\/p>\n
Scary night \u2013 the night I called
\nto know if you’ve won another fight
\nagainst solitude: wrestling hard
\nhas been the only ladder
\nyou’ve perfected in life because
\nlife never gave you an option.<\/p>\n
That night, I’d have had the feelings
\nof birds flying in the sky above seas,
\nfor fear I might miss you, the way
\nI missed the path I followed here.
\n(You filled her vacuum in my heart)<\/p>\n
If not for covid-19 ban on planes,
\nperhaps, I’d have known that night
\nhow planes are higher birds, but unlike
\nbirds have no feathers and songs.<\/p>\n
I love songs: they’ve kept me alive.
\nMother, fall in love with songs.
\nForget about age: how true love
\ncould be found in a lifeless world.
\nYou can make songs to love.
\nSing them aloud. Louder. No sin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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