I’ll meet her one day
And I won’t talk about you.
I don’t even know her
But my heart knows she’s true;
It’s only a picture but that smile is radiant
She has all the qualities of a good person
It’s honest, it’s true
How can I think ill or feel
Anything poor?
For she doesn’t seem much different,
She’s beautiful,
She’s radiant,
And a lot like my reflection.
I like her.
In a strange way, I think I know her.
She’s full of life,
She’s sincere,
She cares and for some things, too much
She’s independent,
She’s complete
She doesn’t look to you – for comfort or
Need.
She connects to share,
To celebrate and to live.
How can I not like her,
When she’s just there –
A lot like me.
She speaks, she smiles
And when she does, her eyes do too –
Just like me!
She speaks, she has a voice,
When she does,
she’s earnest, she’s happy
Just like me.
How can I feel anything else but
This – I am happy
That you have met her
And I wish
That you will complete this story
Make it real
And be the man
That you never were – with me.
That you will fight the world
That you will decide
That you will not give up this life
For anything.
I wish, I pray
That you will make this life
Your priority.
That you will chase it
And you will make it happen
You will love it to the core
You will protect it.
You don’t have to hide this from me
Because I won’t hurt her
And she won’t hurt me.
She’s not bitter, not poisonous
She’s not evil, she’s not shrewd
Just like me.
She’s far too precious
Possibly, wiser
Probably, clearer
Possibly more certain,
Probably, less fear
But the end of the day –
She’s a woman like me.
Exactly like the words I said
On that last day
That she will be a feminist,
An equalist, a compassionate –
generous woman like me.
Yes, I compare – not how much better
She is or I am
For a man like you or anyone else
Not that, but this – that we are alike.
We have that joi-de-vivre
The spirit to shine
And we will.
I will, she will.
And I will – never come in the way
I will pray from my heart for her complete happiness,
A full life, a good life and everything nice
That wasn’t possible then
But will happen now.
I will remember in my heart,
That this was my prayer,
My value addition, my contribution
My great step to assert my absence,
So you could fill your life
With these qualities, these possibilities
I am happy for you
That you sought and found this
A version 2.0 in your companion,
It’s all the same, except this-
The difference just this –
She’s the present –
And the present;
treasure, cherish, preserve
Because though we haven’t spoken,
I am already her friend –
And in my heart I know
I will always want her happiness
And in the bargain, yours too.
~ Apsra
#poem | 20 July 2021
p.s. My current obsession is Never have I Ever. You see, Aneesa and Devi do tell a story! ❤ #womenforwomen
Background: Dedicated to the present love of a former romance, the poem explores sentiments of solidarity between women, a code being well-wishers despite conventional presumption.