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Terrible pain

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Hasmukh Mehta

2 hrs · 

Terrible pain 
Friday, May 25, 2018
6:25 AM

I felt terrible pain 
yet maintained composure
there was no other go 
except to blow myself

there was no beginning 
but only ending 
I was developing cold feet
and feeling shocked

I might have thought negatively 
yet was not falling desperately 
it might have been a temporary setback 
to claim the stake

no, we were in real terms 
but it took a tragic turn 
she might have chosen her path 
but I was left breathless

this is the life
full of torn strife
I must live with the situation 
but cast no doubt on the relation

Hasmukh Amathalal

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