“YOU AND I”
When You said, “This is your real home”
I start making a "home sweet home"
When You said, "I fulfilled every desire of yours"
I spend the whole day thinking when I last made a wish
When You said, "Stop working...sit at home...I will handle everything"
I wonder, "When you’ll give me a penny to spend"
When You said, "You are living the best life"
I think, "If it's the best then what will be the worst"
You said, " Neither do you participate in household tasks nor do you talk to anyone "
And when I try to do something, you stopped me because they don't like change
You said, "You have to go and spend time with them"
I think, "They are living in the past"...
I am struggling to find a connection between Your talk and behaviour
I slowly feel misplaced and am shutting down myself...
At night, I wonder when loneliness had learned to live within me...
Somewhere beneath the tears, a voice rises, "I am still here my dear you need time to recover"
Dr. Shazia Khatoon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Karamat Husain Muslim Girls’P. G. College, University of Lucknow.
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