Poem: I Wish

Amit Rai

4 years ago

I wish we could have become the friends that we started out to be
Maybe we could have gone the path that I had started out to see

I wish we could have stayed on a bit longer when we crossed our paths
Maybe then the end could have been as wonderful as the start

I wish we could turn the clock back on what was totally divine
Oh, I wish all the biggest faults were not totally mine

I wish it wouldn’t still hurt when I look back
Maybe I should have known then, what I did lack

I wish I knew if you had ever felt alone
I wish the only way to touch you was not through your phone

I wish there were a billion friends like you
So I wouldn’t always realize what I lost with you

I wish we knew the ways of the Lord
Oh I wish I didn’t break down every time I talked to God

I wish we could have tried to make it last
Oh I so wish I could re-do the past

I wish we could have used words to fill what was unsaid
Maybe I should have listened more to what little was said

I wish we could still call each other as bro
But I know I lost that right, and rightly so

Oh, I wish we could have stayed on as friends
‘Coz I know we would have worked it out in the end

Most of all, I wish I was there when your tears were shed
But believe me, it was also my heart that bled

Until then I knew we were apart
But then reality dawned that I was not…a part

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Amit Rai

Amit Rai identifies as a proud gay man, being partly out (it’s a process!) to his family and friends. He is introverted, loves to write and dreams of travelling to several places while sitting on his couch. He can usually be found at a corner of his house adding things to his ever growing bucket list and wondering when he would get to do those. At other times, he can be found playing strategy games like Clash of clans. He is fiercely political and vocal about his beliefs on social media. He is an also an equal rights supporter. He is currently working on his dream to be an author and is writing his first book (Hindi, fiction) that will be out soon.