Mom telling you, "I am your best friend" is a SCAM.

First she becomes your best friend.
Later, she becomes your dad's best friend.

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Give people the kind of
kindness that you seek.

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You call it Poetry.
I call it Pain.

You call it beauty ~
when all I see is
scars sealed in syllables.

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On Surat.

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it felt as if
my city has left me.

Lonely. Abandoned.
Empty.

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You.

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From texting each other
"Hey, what's in YOUR tiffin today?"

To
"Hey, what shall WE pack in OUR tiffin today?"

They made it.

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Seeing juniors occupying
a dorm that once belonged
to YOU and YOUR Friends.

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Her eyes were sore,
her pillow ~ wet.
His Goodnight text never came.

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Devoured one page at a time,
Yet finished too soon, Saturday's a romance
novel that leaves you wanting for more.

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