A 'no'

A 'no'.

No, I won’t touch those lips ever again

Almond eyes smile nevertheless

And no one sees the glee

Me trying to veil my ephemera

You do look like Mickey

'Were you supposed to change', u say!

'The way you look at me ?'

A 'no' again.

Same old, here we go...

The sadness not new,

Flinching in pain…

A different ache,

The intensity, all the same!

Past dithers,

Down the long winding road…

Pain takes you to places unknown,

& loneliness feels like an old tattered home

The valley strewn with bittersweet promises

Would you abandon me for reason’s sake?