It is always a risk to build
A home in someone else's arms
Those comforting walls can so easily
Crumble with your fleeting charms

To make another your universe
Is setting yourself up for a fall
As people change, so will their love
It may disappear as another calls

You try to get closer and become
Entwined to escape the loneliness
But moving into another's heart
Will only leave you homeless

I speak with sad knowledge in me
My tongue tainted by this
By having no house for my soul
My lips echoing her kiss

My arms now reach into air
As empty as my drained-out eyes
My one shelter burned to ash
I lie bereft under winter's sky

The road winds on and I stumble
Seeking a place that doesn't exist
Homesick with nostalgia
In my fairytale there was a twist

So I say preserve your own
Body as your home, and keep
Your distance to protect your dwelling
For it will protect your dreams.

*© Tara India.