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Did You Ever Love Me? Book Review: Can Rithvik singh turn heartbreak into a homecoming?

Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is a tender contemporary poetry collection about love, heartbreak, longing, self worth and learning to let go. Its greatest strength is emotional accessibility: Singh writes directly to readers who feel intensely and care deeply. The collection offers comfort without pretending heartbreak is simple, though its simplicity may occasionally feel familiar to seasoned poetry readers. Did you Ever Love Me? Have you ever loved someone so completely that, after they left, you were left wondering whether they had ever understood what they had been given? Not merely whether they loved you, but whether they ever noticed how much you loved them, how much patience you offered, how many small things you remembered, or how often you chose to stay when leaving might have been easier. There is a particular loneliness in that question because it rarely arrives at a dramatic moment. More often, it finds you while you are doing something completely ordinary. Yo...
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IF

If you are present then everythig is here
If you are not then finding a thing is queer
If you are here , then there is no fear
but if you are not , then i can't even bear
If you are here then i m in gay



If you are not then i really don't know the way
If you are then nobody confess
If you are not then i m helpless
If you are here then i m here
If you are not then smile i never wear
If you are here i just make it all dry
If you are not then i m "LEFT TO CRY"
If you are here then pain is what i never wear
If you are not then i just cry a silent tear
If you are here then everything is here
because you are
my life
my self
my control
my soul
my all!

- Avisha Munjal



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manvi said…
thats really sweet,,,,,!!mahn u r very emotional...!!plus the left 2 cry line...its awesum..!!
July 20, 2009 at 6:58 PM
pankhuri said…
gr8 job gal.....keep on writin...well done..gud goin
July 20, 2009 at 7:03 PM
avisha (writer) said…
thanx manvi....i know....LEFT TO CRY...
we bth suffered it once in out life...there was a day when we just spent whole of our time uttering "LEFT TO CRY'...isn't it?
July 20, 2009 at 7:04 PM
manvi said…
yeah,....!!how can i forget that....!!
July 20, 2009 at 7:24 PM
meenal said…
y is dere so mch of emphasis on LEFT 2 CRY..??bt newaz nice poem......luved it..:D
July 20, 2009 at 7:28 PM
manvi said…
that LEFT TO CRY is like a paranoid who entered our lives nd tried 2 destroy it but she cant..our bond is much more stronger than her....
July 20, 2009 at 7:30 PM
avisha said…
i know..........she can't
July 20, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Samiksha said…
hey sweetie i knew dis....as i was aware of ur hidden talent...bt now its tym 4 d world 2 kno ....so all d best
July 20, 2009 at 7:56 PM
avisha (writer) said…
thanx sam......
i hope u likes it
July 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM
avisha said…
like*
June 29, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Anonymous said…
sanu teri lode si ve sajna....jindgi nu lode jini sahan di
July 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM
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