Hurts like Inferno

I can't fathom why the gap widened

the bridge we made got collapsed

the bonds we formed

were they so feeble

that a moment was enough for you

to let it all go …

It was all surreal for me

to have someone like you in my life

but I guess you were not involved

in me as I was into you …

The air smelled intoxicating

when you were near me

but what you did other than

toxicating my heart for everyone else was nothing …

I kept hoping as we fall more in love

we get more closure and closer

but neither you fell in love

nor we reached the paradise …

Your arms, your arms were my world

and all I ever asked of you

was to never let anyone be their world …

I am done giving my all to you

coz it was you who never gave anything back

while I kept breaking down my walls

you were busy solidifying them …

Now I know why we never worked out

coz you were you

while I was trying to be us

this hurts this hurts

this hurts like inferno …

© Tarun Gupta

Thanks for reading my poetry.