No Goodbyes

by Muneeb Ilyas

The boy’s song
where do you run?
Chasing the sky,
So full of joy,
How does it end?
The violence of a sad goodbye,
Do you step your heart out?
Or you are just a star apart,
Close enough to be so far away

The boy’s song
and Tender eyes
Locked with temples of grief and dreams,
What do you know about a kiss?
When loops close between arms,
Softly hugs the frozen tie,
You yet see your bones tremble,
When someone leaves,
For light years of rehearsal,
You yet grieve the same,
Oh, and tender?

The boy’s song,
Distance?
The length of an eye
or measures of body lining
Stretching to capture cities.
And falls beforehand as you appear.
Well, who knows, do you?
The boy he sleeps a thousand nights,
For subah bakhair it yet awaits,
A farewell and some more to come.

The boy’s song
No goodbyes

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Muneeb Ilyas