Are You Still Here ??

Every time it wakes up,

I just hide it somewhere in the corner.

I need to keep myself busy with things,

Otherwise, it'll know how much destroyed it is, how much blur.

It tells me that it wants to meet you,

Ugh! It is a bit stubborn.

How should I explain I don't know,

Before leaving you also didn't warn.

Sometimes I make it laugh on purpose,

And sometimes I let it cry.

It asks me to give it a life,

It says, 'No, I don't want to die.

I take it in my arms,

To make it sleep every night.

Though it wakes up in between and searches for you,

I pull it up and rub its back saying, sshh everything is alright.

It is actually a little kid,

Needs distractions to not think of you.

Still loves you unconditionally,

And not letting in anyone new.

It is not aware that you left,

I know I always lie.

The day it'll know that you are gone forever,

It'll kill itself, and I won't be able to do anything no matter how hard I try.

I beg you to not come in its dreams,

Don't make noise and leave silently, take it as a dare.

Ssshhhhhhh! I am lying to my heart,

That you are still here, that you are still here.