Monday, December 28, 2009

Birthday present

(No cause for alarm - this was written in 2006.)



What shall I give you for your birthday,
you asked.

Perhaps, if you could get me a painkiller
for the ache inside?
Or a pack of plasters that could
hold together pieces of a broken heart?

Everything else you have given me
is enough to last a very long time.
I can't take any more
from you.




(First posted on anothersubcontinent.com.)

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