Sometimes, I keep away

From you

To make you realise my value

I embrace silence

When words becomes irrelevant

You take me for granted

Heaping your frustration

And devaluing my existence

It hurts...

Seems you assume

I will be still there

I won't

For so much of me is gone

In harsh yet enriching experiences

If I lose you

I won't regret

Coz I cannot afford to lose myself

The traces of purity

Which is still left in me

Even if, you are my love!

©LR