next time

next time,

i'll not cry in the rains.

i'll not carry poison in the veins.

i'll not abuse myself in the lanes.

i'll not blame them for my pains.

next time,

i'll not pick hearts over brains.

i'll not contest beyond my domains.

i'll not wash those bloody stains.

i'll not excite for losing fains.

next time,

i'll not sit as queen in their reigns,

i'll not count their loss but my gains.

i'll not deny reasons of their disdains.

i'll not expose my surviving arcanes.

next time, i say next time.

-chetna