17 January 2026

Unbecoming

to gently dissolve 
like salt in water,
to gently disappear 
like fragrance in air-

the way your name 
tastes on my tongue,
and the way your face 
is imprinted on walls.

to escape in your 
reveries and be lost,
and to trace you back 
to reality and adore-

my days roll by like this.
and months, and years.

to know someone exists
and to yearn for 
something that's yet 
to happen-

the river of my time 
once touched your feet,
and by the sound of 
your anklets- my life's 

unbecoming.