Laughing

The songs of Beirut are calling to me

Beirut, my darling, I miss you too

Your chirpiness, your noises

Your aura of liveness

Goodness, all of it, boxed in 

Boxed in a corner of my brain!

Your laughter, today, jolted me

From my melancholic stupor

Your laughter, today, jolted my

My melancholic stupor

Look at it, look at it!

Uncoiling onto the ground

Uncoiling and falling 

Falling to the ground

Like Cadbury chocolate

Like the chocolate in Cadbury

Cadbury chocolate 

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How gracefully you fall

How gracefully, melancholy

Melancholy, you ghost!

Be gone from my my-land

Melancholy, you ghost!

Be gone, be banished!

I had forgotten happiness

I had almost forgotten 

I had forgotten the possibility

The possibility of happiness

Melancholy, you ghost!

Be cursed!

Thank goodness for laughter

Beirut's sun peeks out at me

I am reminded again

Again of my Beirutness!

Beirut, my darling

Come hither and hold

Hold my hand, hold my waist

It is such a long time

Such a, such a, such a long time

Since we walked

Walked together 

The streets of Beirut!

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Chandni Girija

Day 03 of 30 | 30 Poems in 30 Days | National Poetry Writing Month #napowrimo #napowrimo2022

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