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Arav Kodali<\/em><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

I don’t understand you.<\/span><\/p>\n

You say you love me:<\/span><\/p>\n

My shape, my color, my taste.<\/span><\/p>\n

The way\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I blanket you,<\/span><\/p>\n

The way\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

You say it\u2019s beautiful, so<\/span><\/p>\n

I continue, falling, for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

My cold touch,<\/span><\/p>\n

You say it\u2019s delightful.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet<\/span><\/p>\n

When we meet,<\/span><\/p>\n

You seek warmer comforts,<\/span><\/p>\n

Saying<\/span><\/p>\n

You like it hotter.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you approach me,<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

You put up walls,<\/span><\/p>\n

Saying<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t lay yourself bare to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

You brush me away<\/span><\/p>\n

saying I’m in your way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do you treat me so?<\/span><\/p>\n

I wonder and wonder<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet still,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I cherish my time with you,<\/span><\/p>\n

and you lament my departure.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can’t stay long,<\/span><\/p>\n

But I return as soon as I can.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I arrive next,<\/span><\/p>\n

I try to give you more of me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I fall harder, quicker, and greater,<\/span><\/p>\n

But you hide in the warmth.<\/span><\/p>\n

You say I\u2019m too much.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t understand you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you love me, or do you not?<\/span><\/p>\n

In truth, you only enjoy me,<\/span><\/p>\n

But as long as the temperature allows,<\/span><\/p>\n

I will return<\/span><\/p>\n

To you.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

Arav Kodali <\/b>is a computer science and English double major with a minor in creative writing in the SAS class of 2028 from Union, NJ. He loves using his writing to share interesting thoughts and ideas, and hopes you might also enjoy considering them. He is excited for this to be his first published piece of, possibly, many.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arav wrote this poem in a course taught by Richard Murray, who selected the piece for inclusion in <\/span>WHR<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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