_we’re purple skies together

Let’s laugh in whispers 

for the world shouldn’t know

that we’re together

And when the sun sets

a darker shade of purple

let’s fade a little into forever 

let’s run on sands 

that take us nowhere 

we’ll reach where we’ve wanted to be all along 

let’s paint our hearts a little darker 

so that they don’t resemble the broken ones 

let’s call this night our own

and pretend that we’ve been here before

so when the silence hits 

and the hush takes over 

we’ll probably know where to go 

let’s scream with our footsteps 

that are a bit too chained 

so that when the cage breaks 

we’ll not call it home 

let’s be the music

that we’ve never heard 

and change the lyrics 

to call them hope 

let’s strum our heartbeats 

a little faster 

sit on the stars 

and run after the moon 

let’s count the breaths 

that we never took 

and dance on tiptoes 

before we swoon  

let’s get drunk on our scars 

chase our madness 

trip a little 

and stop 

let’s just be 

as we are 

our flaws 

our scars 

our laughter 

our chaos 

tonight let’s chase who we are 

let’s let ourselves fall

_we’re purple skies together 

                                                 - Muskan Sethi