Friends we were never meant to keep

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 Slipping through my fingers

 Like the grains of sand

 that betrayed the sea

 A mirage in the desert

That keeps running away

I clutch at your arm

Begging you to stay

But it turns to dust

It turns to smoke

And you drift farther away

I wish I knew better

I wish I couldn’t shatter

But a sliver of hope remains

Maybe you still love me

And we could still be the same

As I lay under the stars

You used to read about

Clutching to the memories

I think it’s time to realise

You were a friend I never meant to keep

________

Maheen Mansoor

FJMU'22







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