Sunday, November 17, 2024

If

If you’ve loved me unconditionally

And I have failed to reciprocate 

You should know I am not the one


Love demands steadfast devotion

But I am a mere leaf in the wind

Do not mourn for me if I float away 


I abandon the tree that birthed me 

When times change and colors fade


The wind carries my judgment and 

When it beckons, I have to go away. 


..

Anant Dhavale

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