One Small Leap

I began walking on the street,

Dejected, yes, but not broken.

Hope still existed,

although all expectations had been shattered.

Life had been a treat,

Only because a lot had never been spoken.

Holding emotions back always had led,

To me being left shaken and jittered.

Today was a new beginning,

A new start for me.

All that had past was to be forgotten,

And in my mind only the best of things to be.

She had left me all alone when I needed her the most,

Desolate, desperate, lost, frightened.

No, she was not coming back,

and no, I was not gonna forgive her.

I had run away and was now lost.

Somewhere deep inside I wanted my life to end.

No matter how hard I tried to bring me to the right track,

Nothing, nothing at all could now make my mind stir.

This was it, I thought,

No more of this pain.

I would not even look at her,

If I ever saw her again.

I was among the best people in town,

And this one wrong choice of mine had led me to my doom,

I had never been so hurt ’cause of being cheated upon,

But this time, my condition was worse than a corpse disentombed.

I reached the bridge,

Stood upon the rails.

Was about to end my journey of life,

When what stopped me was the sight of a female.

I looked back and to my surprise,

She was there on her knees.

I blinked and to my wonder,

She vanished with the breeze.

She was not coming back, I knew,

She had cheated on me all through.

She had promised, “I’ll never leave you alone”

And yet here I stood, all alone.

How could she do that to me?

She gave up on life, and she gave up on me.

Two days back she had jumped off this bridge,

Leaving all the horrors of the world for me to see.

I had no choice,

My brain didn’t work anymore.

Living without her was impossible,

And thus, I let myself go.

The last moments were extremely slow,

In the likes of a movie or so.

Its funny I thought, how one incident had led,

To my head being kissed by the river bed.

– Himanshu Srivastava