I Should Have

By Sinchana Srikanth Iyengar

I should have told you how flowers grew,

and how the sky turned brighter blue.

How rain would fall when you were near,

but somehow, I had so much to fear.

I should have said how clouds could fly,

just drifting slow across the sky.

How every time you looked my way,

the world felt lighter in some way.

I should have told you how you shine,

how being near you felt like mine.

But all those words stayed in my head—

I kept them quiet, left them unsaid.

I thought I’d have another day

to let you hear what I can’t say.

But time moved on, and you were gone,

and now I’m left to miss you long.

I should have told you how I feel,

how everything with you was real.

Now all I do is wish and try

to say the things I let pass by.

By Sinchana Srikanth Iyengar