Always Apart

I would rather embalm our memories 

In deep crevices of my heart

I would play them like a song in a loop

But keep us a distance apart

For twin flames, set each other ablaze

With an unparalleled intensity of passion

But they are not meant to be together 

Their love is meant to stay in an immortal fashion

I would thus immortalize our story in words

So that it never continues in reality

But no love felt more real

Living a sweet and bitter duality

I would not let my glass heart through 

An ordeal of another betrayal

I would rather let it compose poetry

Striving for a trenchant portrayal. 

                                                                                           Niharika Prasad