"It isn't what we left behind
that breaks me
it's what we could've built
had we stayed
i can still see our constructions hats lying
exactly where we left them
pylons unsure of what to guard
bulldozers gazing out for our return
the planks of wood stiff in their boxes
yearning to be nailed up
but neither of us goes back
to tell them it's over
in time
the bricks will grow tired of waiting and crumble
the cranes will droop their necks in sorrow
the shovels will rust
do you think flowers will grow here
when you and i are off
building something new
with someone else"
-Rupi Kuar, The Sun and Her Flowers
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Been There and Back Again
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