Trapped in a Love I Cannot Claim

By Susmita Mukherjee

Your love heals my heart,

Yet why do we stand apart?

My soul longs to hold you near,

Yet your absence fills me with fear.

In my dreams, I saw your lovely, divine face,

But the morning brings back the harsh, empty space.

I know you’re not mine anymore

Like the never turning waves crash on a seashore

Why can’t my heart and mind align?

And beat as one, like a beautiful rhyme.

An enormous struggle fumes deep inside,Heart holds on, but mind wants to divide.

I’m stuck in confusion, unsure and alone,Should I let you go or make you my own?

Still in the darkness of the night,

I hope for the glimpse of a sparkling light.

My heart beats so fast, trapped in the golden past,

Why Can’t I break free at last?

I know you’re not here, I still repine,

I wish that one day you will call me ‘mine’.

By Susmita Mukherjee