Triveni - Gulzar
[1]
After taking my hands in hers, she thought a while before she spoke my name
As if this were a protocol she had read about, in some book somewhere.
Some relationships are better left inside closed books.
[2] To know what love tastes like, It is essential that it stays alive.
Till date, none have survived.
[3] The river moves on, pulling behind it a glassy blanket As if it is trying to wake up someone who is fast asleep.
The drowned are never left in peace.
[4] Masks are being distributed in the streets, Select your latest assassin with care.
It’s election time again.
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