Together Apart by Aditi Dayal

A rare moment

Of being together alone

Came when we were apart

And the bright stars shone

The stars winked knowingly

That it doesn’t really matter

You’re thinking of me intently

All pretence does that shatter

Did you-

Hear the secrets

The evening wind whispered?

Feel the night descend

Over us like a dark disguise?

See the low clouds

Part like crescent lips?

I know you did.

Because when the morning came

I felt on my cheek the mist of your