Delicate Hearts

I'm not going anywhere, you said, so I waited,

I waited for as long as I could,

And all this while, my heart and mind debated,

But neither had understood

 

Or maybe understood, but chose not to believe,

Such was the comfort of your lies,

So sweetly did they deceive,

That I chose to close my eyes

 

I was already destined for devastation,

And hence I let you destroy me,

Your love, a divine intoxication,

Bled like a setting sun, on a shiny sea.

 

I let you carry my heart to risky heights,

Numbing me with ecstasy,

I let you spin a web of many delights,

Luring me, driving me to lunacy.

 

And all this while I knew, that I would stop,

Just when you would think you had won,

Delicate hearts can shatter with a drop,

Mine was not meant for your fun.

 

When you thought I was stupid,

Darling I was just playing along,

Your entrance was no work of a Cupid,

I was ahead of you, all along.

 

Were you in love, or was it blind lust?

Like a dog chasing every flashy car,

Don't you think it is a bit unjust,

To abandon me after dragging me this far.

 

Niharika Prasad