and one day, i promise
i will wake up
and you will not
be the first one i think about.

one day, i will walk past
that alley behind the dimly lit shop
and not think of the moment
when we kissed until
the ice creams melted on our fingertips.

one day, there would be
no burning behind my eyes
when your name is
mentioned in the novel
i'm reading myself to sleep.
one day, i will go through

the photo album
and will look at it
and smile as i watch us laughing.

one day,
i promise,
i will love you
a little more than tomorrow,
a little less than yesterday.

-Awditi