It's a movie goodbye | Mallika Agarwal

It’s a movie goodbye but it’s rush hour

no empty roads to dawdle on

cars behind us continuously honk

In a minute though, you’ll be gone.

It’s a movie goodbye and I softly ask

If you could pull over to the side

You don’t hear me and

I don’t ask again because– well– pride.

It’s a movie goodbye and there’s

All the elements too

The soft drizzle of the rain, the light from the moon

Me, and of course, you.

It’s goodbye, and I wonder

if a part of you is still mine

We hug, I try to freeze time.

I watch you drive away

Eventually, The night turns black.

I thought it was a movie goodbye

But you never looked back.