The Fall

Who is right for us and who isn't is oft dictated, not by our hearts, but by the things that we unwisely believe in.

The Fall

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I knew I could never fall for him,

Because his words only made me soar.

Only some days, their depth made me drown.

So meticulous, yet so blurry.

He wanted to know everything about me,

'Take it slow, what's the hurry?'

But slow wasn't his thing,

And neither was small talk.

A new soul every time he would call,

Either talked for five hours,

Or not at all.

Always read between the lines,

Yet so oblivious to the obvious.

Talked about leaving his sorrow behind,

But his eyes refuted,

A poet is hard to love, I concluded.

I knew I could never fall for him,

Because his words only made me soar,

Only some days, their depth made me drown.

-Palac Chahbra

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He knew she’d never fall for him

Because she’d accept the love she thought she deserved

Only some days, her voice told him otherwise

So wild yet so shy; loved to fly yet sought shelter

He knew her better than she knew herself

Intense, passionate and overwhelming with emotions 

That was the only way he knew

What hurt him weren’t the bullets she fired at him

But her words which he took to heart

Each time he read between the lines

After all, poets tend to get ahead of themselves

So he had to settle for a world without her

To see the smile on her face

For him, it wasn’t just flames and sparks

But the undying warmth of love she could never see

She didn’t know love, he concluded

He knew she’d never fall for him

Because she’d accept the love she thought she deserved

Only some days, her voice told him otherwise

-Aditya Longani

References : We accept the love we think we deserve (The perks of being a wallflower)
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