WHAT IF I SAID by Priyesha K. Nair

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WHAT IF I SAID
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Stealing glances and trying to

look deep enough

Love speaks in its own

strange ways

Afraid that I might wake up

and break this dream

I tried drowning myself

into absence

but you – you are present all the time

And now I roam with a poem

stuck in my chest

it doesn’t let me breathe

but I can’t pen it down either

Three words that I need to say

and maybe you need to hear

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Priyesha K. Nair  is the editor of The Indian Diary. Her work was first published by the International Word Bank.

She is also an artist, the mediums used for her artwork include digital media, charcoal and acrylics.