Love Stories That Didn’t Work Out

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All the love stories that didn’t work out
Ours wouldn’t be counted among them
History only sorts out infamous royals and famous underdogs
We are nowhere close.

The transparent wings of a butterfly
All the flaky promises
Promiscuous in every corner of our story
No ice-creams, no Taj Mahals
Just plain sick fickleness
Casual bars brewing scotch and whisky.

Words germinate into dry seeds
That cannot become ballads or lays anymore.
They say first love does that to you
They say a lot of love lost would do the same too.

©2023 Kaustabh Kashyap.