When you wiped mayonnaise from my lip corner, my heart skipped a beat.

The feeling seemed to be obvious , but too inconspicuous to be pinned.

Then when you dropped me home, because the weather was quite dangerous that day,

You had somehow made a special place in my heart.

Whn you threw a birthday party for me, i felt so celebrated.

When you woke up whole night and listened to my breakup rant,

Your gesture touched my heart.

When you hugged me when I started crying over failing my anatomy test,

Your comfort soothed me so much that I started counting on you.

When you kissee me abruptly that day, when we were lying on the beach watching waves,

My heart did a summersault, I didn't know hearts could do that.

But when you claimed the next day, that it was a mistake,

My heart burned a bit, just a bit okay. Not much.

What changed that day , is beyond my vision,

My eyes searched for you whenever I went outside.

My phone caught my attention for longer durations , now expecting your call,

Your messages lightened up my mood.

One day, when we got into a fight, and you refused to talk to me,

That day I realised I'm a gone case.

Your ignorance hurt like a bitch,

You leaving my messages on seen seared my insides.

I never felt myself so helpless ever, now when i think of it, I cringe, hating very moment of that submission.

I didn't even realise when I got dragged into the black hole of misery and desperation ,

Holding the only hope of you pulling me over.

But that day never came,

Rather, you drifted away, Too clingy I am, you had said.

I just wanted to be with you when you were sad,

Nothing less, Nothing more.

Crushing my self respect time and again backfired,

Because you tramped my heart under your feet which I had wore on sleeve.

Wiping my tears, and bracing my heart, I stood up,

To give you an answer , to tell you that I don't love you anymore.

Realisation dawned upon me, did that insinuate that I loved you,

That I lost you even before I found you.

Tired of my 'tantrums' as you quoted,

You walked away from my life, and I let you go for my own sanity.

That day I lost my best friend, and my love both at the same time.

My heart twisted, writhed and convulsed in pain,

Finally it broke into pieces ,shattering into thin red powder,

I didn't know my heart could that too.

Guess I need to revise my medical science books.

Sweeping the broken pieces together I moulded them with tears,

And made a new heart , not as perfect as before, but still beating.

It looks scarred, but mind my words not as weak as before,

Rather too stony for anyone's liking.

But I like it, whoever will etch his name on it now,

Will stay there forever, that I'm sure.