I tried debunking her presence
that looms around me
day and night
making those tender emotions
derelict and denounce

And every attempt to
prow my drowning soul
is deprived
by some unknown gale
levitating from your eyes
draped in some vicious kohl

Even when I am able to escape your captivation for some tiny spell
my atman remain unrest
for regardless of how dark your essence is
it will always remain a place
I can call my own

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