You Don't Need To

You dont have to do this 

I'm again telling you, you dont

Breaking your back in boxes of slumber

Reciting the path in the masquerade of numbers

Putting up with snores of strangers in peace

You dont have to do this

Riding the rides of charcoaled wheels 

In Trains that melt away the weeps

I've felt this homesickness for you before

Believe me, You dont need to repeat the scene

It's always a small thing in the beginning

Some consolations that linger at the back of your throat

In hindsight, the time will shrink in itself 

and memories of longing impatiently will fold 

They'll fold on themselves and fade into the unknown

And yeah sure, when you're back it'll all be as before

But you dont have to go through this drooping suffocation

That spills from eyes and licks the incisions

That grins in your face and freezes into frowns

Puts tons of weight on the shoulders and corners of your mouth

It'll question you every moment 

what should've been done?

What should've been said?

How should've you convinced the world to leave you there?

As you were

It'll also provide the answers by itself

How everyone at the other end is also a part of you

And the home you've found will wait for you

It'll wait as long as you check upon it

I'll wait as long as you reply to the messages.

(Inspired by Taylor Swift's song "Come back, be here")