Learnt To Live Poem by Amit Biswas

I have learnt to live without your texts,
Earlier, I'd loose patience and get stressed,
Eventually send you one to get a reply,
If this solicitation failed, would even cry,

Most neglects are difficult to live with,
Concern undermined, I would writhe,
But human brain is a great learner,
Can stop emotions before it turns scorner,

But this is not how it used to be,
I agreed to every meeting with glee,
You were turning business into relationship,
You used my time, maybe it came too cheap,

Then one day my time was not for you,
Because in came the pandemic flu,
`You are my healer', sounded so phony,
That's when I recognised you to be stony,

But by then I had given you a part of my mind,
Hardly knew, by choice you could be so blind,
In me, under a deep soft shell lived a hard core,
Learner that I am willed to put on my armor.

Pain I used to feel, these days I don't,
Blunting can be so useful, imagine I didn't,
Did I deserve this, I guess I must have,
Being so engaged, still I dared to love.

Some people split relationship in many parts,
Love to have several `part'ners, one for each part,
One consistent and deep relationship is not for all,
Good wishes for what you want to be, your life is your call.