Paperboats

(A song by Sidharth Vardhan

first published on August 13, 2020)



The sugary treats

The summer rains

The wet slippers

And the paper boats

Thats what I remember

Of the day things turned sore.


Floating togather

While oscillating away

And toward each other

were our paper boats

That's what I remember

Of the day things turned sore.


Your laughter

Magical and sweet

Joy joyistly joy

And the two little paper boats

That's what I remember

Of the day things turned sore.


A car and a flash of light

Your screams and a splash of blood

People gathering in red rains

And of in distance

A drowning paper boat

Thats what I remember

Of the day things turned sore.


In black silences

I hear you scream

"Oh! Don't you cry

Over drowned paper boats"

But how can I not

When things turn sore?

 

I promise

will laugh one day

And everything

won't be blue and sore

But I can't help but sigh

Everytime I see paper boats.



Copyright – Sidharth Vardhan


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