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May There be a Second time

by Geethika Sodhi
(Ghaziabad, India)

I wish there is a second time,
When life makes me visit you,
But this time may you not be the star,
Just an ordinary man grounded and true.

May this time you have nothing,
Abandoned and alone,
May life have humbled you,
Pushed you off the throne.

May this time too I visit,
Not to mock you for the sins you did against me,
But just like the first time to see if you are fine,
If there is something I can change to heal and set you free.

Like the first time I wouldn’t need anything,
I would be cloaked in self respect and grace,
Like the first time I would choose silence,
I would wait for you to pick your fears,
clarify them and find solace.

I would have nothing to prove,
A second time too,
Just the same me then and now,
Honest and True.

This time something would be different
I wouldn’t have fear of losing you
Just An indifferent soul revisiting forgotten lanes
A sailor returning after sailing through

This time there wouldn’t be storms
I wouldn’t be sick and ill
A woman you won’t recognise
Made of resilience and strong will

Oh I forgot you didn’t recognize me,
First time as well,
Disowned and put me in place,
Just clown for your people’s entertainment
just a joke to laugh and publicly tell.

May there be a second time
When tables would have turned
May Life would have placed you where once I was
May the lessons helplessness teaches would have been learned

And may again once,
life make me visit you,
Then a dishonest man I loved
This time Humbled honest and true.