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Refresh
“Can I refresh now?”, she said. A whiff of joy percolating inside me every time she says those words. It’s 4 am. I can’t sleep. Driven into the exhausting spirals that consume me, I’m watching her sleep. Innocence. She sleeps without a worry in the world, I will always envy her for that. Her upper…
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Patience
“I physically cannot wait”, she said. I cannot wait too, I thought. Am I going insane? All I could think about was her— all these days. Waiting patiently for her calls and messages, for her stories and laughs, I left a part of me incomplete for her to fill up. Going all the way to…
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Mirror
“Just a few more days”, she said. These last few days will be the longest, I thought. Every night I sit in the balcony for hours watching the stars change their design. I smoke, I think about her, I get agitated, I demand her presence. It’s beyond reminders. It’s beyond longing. It’s beyond yearning. I…
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Prosper
I want everyone in your family to be healthy and happy. I want your mom and dad to stay close to each other, solidify their love that’s so blatantly there. I want the kids to be children and grow wiser as they get old. Seek advice from their big sister. I want baba to get…
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Always
“Your demeanour has become a little softer, after.”, she said. “She must be out of her mind.”, I thought. As I’m thinking about the distant future sitting on the floor in the balcony, I notice the cigarette I’m smoking is a bit crumbled. I’m drawn to think it has been happening a lot lately. I…