Love and the In-Betweens

May 25, 2025

I don’t know,

How to hold on to conversation for weeks,

Without knowing his intentions towards me,

Even if it’s the best conversation I have had in weeks,

Love starts with friendship, they say,

Will you still love me if I don’t have the patience of being friends first?

To be honest, I don’t talk this much to any of my male friends,

How much do you talk to your other women friends?

I know, these all are irrelevant questions to ask.

I will try to keep quiet until there is clarity,

I will be closed until I know where you are heading,

I might miss you, but you will never know.

I don’t know how to not yearn,

For someone to come and save me,

It took some time to remember who I was,

Why I am so ready so loose myself all again,

In the process of loving someone,

Why do I know this kind of love,

May be, that’s the reason love end up being a chore to me,

And then I just wanna be alone.

Will you love me, when I am just learning how to love well?

How can I love you and not think of becoming who you want me to?

How can I love you and not think of giving you the best slice?

How can I love you without seeking the reassurance every day that you will not be leave me before eternity?

How can I love you and not let my sensitivity to push you away?

How can I love you and tell you, I need a weekend by myself?

How can I love you and not blame you for my greyest days?

How can I not drown in my tears when love knocks on my door, again?

Will you be interested to hear the stories about the demons who live beneath my bed?

Will we be in love and still be free?

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