Still, something by Aditya Gupta | One Poem Only

One Poem Only · Feb 19, 2026 · 1m

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Still, something

Aditya Gupta

I stopped praying long ago.

The gods grew tired of my voice,

or maybe I just grew tired

of asking for things

that never came.

My wallet’s thin,

my dreams thinner

a handful of words

no one cared to read.

Even my parents’ eyes

look at me like unfinished work,

a draft they wish they could rewrite.

And love,

she always leaves

before the song begins.

I’ve learned the sound of silence

that follows a “maybe next time.”

But sometimes,

in the middle of all that noise,

a small thought hums

that…