Unexpressed Longings – Delhi Poetry Slam

Unexpressed Longings

By Rajiv Khandelwal

Life is predictable
It returns
To where it started

Today
I unlocked my drawer
To put in money

Unlatched it
Put the money in
Closed the drawer

The money on my desk
Stared at me, quizzically

I was surprised

Opened the drawer again
And found my phone
Glaring at me, vacantly lost

I wonder

If this habit of cyclic action
Stems
From those unexpressed
Unaddressed longings
During times spent with you


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