Two Lovers Meet Once More

Ria Manvatkar Danielle Yu A change of place, time, coincidence, I could weep over some futile ignorance anew, Feel my innocence slowly shedding, not stripped away; You could weep over magical fantasies unable to pursue - Our love, now synonymous with praying to decay, I’d meet you where the trees start to whisper, Whisper of forgotten façades in the name of love, Whisper of eternal eulogies ending, Whisper of tentative plans lost to above, My love, softly, scornfully shattering… I could still grow wings and fly, You wouldn’t have to watch, Watch ivy growing over our dreams. Once for you, and once for me: to dislodge Your love, ephemeral as a teenager’s schemes, I’d meet you wherever it is the water flows, Wherever I can dream and feel your starlight kisses; Wherever you can escape corrupt endeavours; Wherever we can give each other unnecessary caresses, Our love, forever.