Sayantan Dutta

I can't peel off my skin
I can't beat about the bush
I seek gratification in others
Whose skins I am accustomed with
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I was leaning over to you
Looking at your eyes
I saw the dimly lit hope
Carefully asking, 'Back to me? '
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In the darkness of the most dazzling light he walks alone
Not seeing things in hindsight, for they always seem solvable
Nature begets only the essentials, so they fit into the scheme
Shedding the redundance of statement, trusting a mind that is home
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I have given up everything, love
Given up my identity, my friends, all the spontaneous joy I used to feel while being with you
Just hoping you will finish the rest, someday...
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I search for you everywhere
Suspending oft my will to give in to tiredness
With renewed vigour I search again
Wearing a mask of indifference
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Waiting in a dreamless state of silence
Towering beneath a reckless facade
As days begin and days end in despair
Another morning seeks a sane enclave
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I related
I chose
I waited
You closed
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I am beginning to sense the beginning of this.
What is this? This is like, you know, uh,
Well, it is the same motion that kicked off at the dawn,
Me moaning,
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