STOPPED CHASING THE UNREQUITED-

And then one day I stopped waiting
for you to look back at me
for you to be lighthearted with me
for you to share your life with me

it's not that I had moved on 
nor that I had stayed 
I couldn't do either
the reason I pretended had strayed

I stopped putting efforts
in those dull conversations
in which your mind is somewhere else
and accepted those allegations

for you aren't what you used to be
and I'm not used to the new you
I am not what I used to be
patient I'm no longer how I used to be

we are both too different now
and maybe not meant to be 
but I'll forever be grateful
for those shared moments of glee
                                                                     NAZIA ZAHRA