LOVE: THE GAME

 

 I: DOUBTS

Do you love me too?

As much as I love you?

There’s no way to know

‘Cause you will never tell

And I will never show,

Though with every passing minute

Our love, I think, might grow.

 

II: REALISATION

I saw it in your eyes

As, you must have seen me through.

Just standing there, by the wall

I knew the feeling was true.

 

III: ACSTASY

For nights, I’ve lain awake

All the time thinking of you.

And all the time my body shakes

When I realize, my love, it’s true.

A state of ecstasy I ‘m in,

As if I’ve drunk of hemlock tree

Or like some Buddhist, reached nirvana.

 

IV:  FEARS

I knew, you thought, I was cold.

I knew everything was untold.

Still the barriers were too strong

To allow us develop the bond.

No doubt, sweetheart, I knew you

But I knew the world around too.

 

V: DECISION

No matter how much my heart did bleed,

I decided to stand at my guard.

No matter how much kill it may

No matter how much it may shock.

 

VI: PAIN

And it pains when I look around and find you not

Its worst than death to lose one’s half

And there’s no one to know.

A severe pain, an aching heart, I bore

Is enough to tell me, I’ll love you evermore.

 

VII: THE GAME

Two odds might make an even

But it was so untrue for us

So I played being sensible and cold,

As I tried to move on

Though I knew it was causing pain

But we could never have hold on,

Even if, I hadn’t let you gone.

 

VIII: SOCIAL CIRCLES

We, all, live within 360 degrees,

Our circles, too strong to break,

Set apart with no point of intersection.

So dear, our worlds, we can not share.

And if we ever broke in or out

We will lose control.

The things will fall apart,

And center will refuse to hold.

 

IX: REFLECTION

Playing safe is the toughest game,

We ever have to play.

With all that battle inside us,

We have to move away.

No matter how much, we want to stay.

 

X: THE TRUTH

We are buried in our past,

Can never move away

And for once, in my life, in past

I really want to stay.

But that, you will never know,

You are the only one in my life

I have ever felt this way.

 

XI: AN OPEN ENDING

Tired of being sensible for so long,

Inside my heart, sick of all the fight,

I am losing myself to you tonight.

But tomorrow is another day.

I know, nothing of this pain, to you, I’d ever say.

We will keep on going forever this way:

You will love me true,

As much as I will love you,

But you will dare not tell

As I will dare not show

Still with every passing minute

In doubts and fears, our love will grow.

 

Reviews

[afifa malik]

saba its incredibly sensitive n touching way of expression! flow of thoghts is convincingly logical but still extremely emotional. ^.^ just luv it as a whole!

[Saba Sharif]

yeah. Flow is what I love about this piece. wrote it in one sitting. :)

[luna11]

Such a lovely poem :0

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. my oh my ... you've known and seen it all ... and you write about it so beautifully ... moving and inspiring beyond measure ...

[Anya]

Love the end. :)