Happy Birthday

It's my birthday,yet I feelempty

Woke up picturing myself next to you

Saw the other side of the bed

I realised you're not here anymore

All I needed was you needing me

Our shy hellos turned to my unwilling goodbye

We parted ways with hard-hearted words

I just want to let you know

It took everything in me

To let you go and unlove you

That's when

You penned a soul-stirring message

and wished me Happy Birthday

It was a vividly colourful Photo album

An emotional rollercoaster ride

Intoxicating me with memories

Heavy eyelids,Heavier thoughts

Best left unsaid words

Kept me awake all night

Ghost of the past resurrected

from the grave

I never healed from the wounds

that you inflicted

But I was ready to maim

myself again

When I picked up the phone

to hear you say my name.

Your voice was a melody

Sounded like a distant memory

We reminisced the old days

I cried and cried inside

till my eyes went dry

Too enervated to resist him

Fought back my urge

to ask him

Can we start over?

Give this thing a second chance

Had a bittersweet longing

for your bear-like hug

Hands wrapped around my waist

Feels blissful,takes me home

I played our songs again

Took a trip down the memory lane

Tales of beginnings

Moment of free will

The agonising goodbye

"Us" was a happy ending

that was never meant to happen

Wish I could turn back time

To live the little episodes

We once shared together

Because that's all we are left with

"The Good Times"

A resonating echo of an

aesthetically pleasing fairytale

Too much has happened

Yet it is never enough

There's nothing I could do

to make you mine again

Except to thank you for a good time

Staying awake with me till 3AM

It was indeed a Happy Birthday.

Published: 16th November 2022
Last Updated: 16th November 2022
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