One last teardrop,

But I don’t want to shed it for you. 

I don’t want to remember you. 

I’ve cried an ocean when I was with you.

One last teardrop in our farewell, 

I didn’t want to leave you. 

Every thought about separation I ever had imagined was hugging you and bidding you goodbye. 

You didn’t give me the chance to say goodbye to you. 

What if the phase didn’t end in such a way?! 

What if we admired each other, looked one last time in each other’s eyes, and cried, showing gratitude?

Thanking each other for being together for some time in this lifetime! 

What if I had not run away from you? 

Instead, give you a farewell kiss and a tight hug—

Saying the sweet words for the last time and shedding a tear in remembrance of you!

What if our final destiny was not so crude?

What if we didn’t curse each other but stayed aloof?! 

One last teardrop shone in the corner of my eye.

But I don’t want to cry. 

I am saving it for the good time when you can understand. 

One last teardrop—I will shed it with you. 

If only you had the same good feeling of leaving instead of blaming.

One last teardrop—shed only in gratitude!

©® Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy

Circa: Feb 25, 2023. Rokeya Hall, DU