In Another Universe

I hope, in another universe,

she chooses to love me.

The day I come to know that truth,

I shall carry it quietly,

and leave this world with that silence,

only to meet her again.

My love was never measured

by how loudly I confessed it,

but by how peacefully her heart beats

whenever I was near.

My last breath will carry an apology,

that I can no longer love you in this life.

And it will carry a curse for my own soul,

for having to leave this world without you.

I would punish these hands

that failed to hold yours,

this mind that did not think of you enough,

and this heart that could not love you enough

in the lifetime we were given.

I hope my absence brings you peace,

let it be my final gift.

There no one left on this earth

to love you as fiercely as I did.

Perhaps your heart

was never meant to carry mine.

And if leaving is the only kindness

I can still offer,

then I hope I leave without causing you pain.

For I loved you for real,

and if love survives death,

I shall love you still…

I hope, she chooses to love me,

in another universe.

By

Sanji-Paul Arvind