Two streets run in parallel
Criss-crossing streets
Almost touching
Yet staying apart
Two creations extend forever
Heavens reaching down
Earth up
Yet remain distant
Two lives breathe in unison
Souls mingling deep
Hopeless love
Yet never unite
Do parallel streets ever cross?
Does the horizon ever materialise?
Do star-crossed lovers ever unite?
They do not and they cannot
For they are asymptotes
Curves that never meet
Till infinity and beyond
But has anyone seen infinity?
Sulphurman 
Oh my god, Yes, I have, you cretin….. now my wife will think this is about her and my mistress….. goddamn….. never the twain do meet? Now thanks to you, they will look at each other suspiciously and say, oh my god this is a poem about that B******
Now I see the horizon, thanks to you 😦 flat on my back, with two women tearing their hair out over MY philandering ways…. Plato had the right ideas…. arrrggghhhh… Shakespeare, let us just spare the lawyers for now :D, Let us kill all the poets….
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Hahahaha, I’m still thinking about how to respond to this. Tell bhabhi ji ki unke dewar ka dimag ghaas charhne gaya hai.
I’m sorry man, but you left me speechless for once. I’m laughing so hard hahaha.
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So you go on stating the obvious and I am like where is he taking me… And bam! But has anyone seen infinity? Therein lied the plot twist! 😉
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Aha, you are smart 😛
Thanks for seeing the plot 😀
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Haha! Thank you, thank you. 😉
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How did you do that??
It’s so…beguiling…
The best I’ve read from you so far. 💎
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Oh wow, that’s a huge compliment Hiba. Thank you so much.
I thought I was just rambling haha
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No no, it was incredibly beautiful in this way…
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Whoa. Dude I think not working with sulphur has made you deeper.
Jokes aside, really good! You’re not in some toota hoa dil phase heh?
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Thanks revels.
Hahaha, toota hua dil nahi yaar. Pet ka dard more like.
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A very nice poem Ershad. a bit sad but poignant.with all great poets I am following, I have learnt sadness can be beautiful too the way you express it.
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Ah, but I wanted to add a bit of optimism with the last line 🙂
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With every poem you write ,you put me in an awe 🙂 for your versatility..Keep going
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Thank you so much Sana. Your encouragement always helps. 🙂
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Parallel streets never cross and horizons are not real, but when you see in the distance they appear real to the naked eye…streets meeting and horizons appearing. Sometimes to believe in something, It doesn’t has to be real. It just has to be there. Love your poem.
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Thank you for your perspective and for your appreciation.
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parallel roads are always interconnected so can u say that they don meet… and “criss-cross” as such means intersection I suppose. Or may b i din get your perspective or the gist of the poem.
But loved the way you concluded it “But has anyone seen infinity?”
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Poems are supposed to incite different perspectives. And your perspective is a much more optimistic one. There is no right and wrong. Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate it.
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oh my god!! I’ve only studied Asymptotes (As in mathematics) and I could never in my dreams, have thought someone can come up with such a beautiful interpretation or rather misinterpretation I would say of Asymptotes 😛 You’re so amazingly creative 🙂
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Thank you so much. Haha, misinterpretation indeed 😀
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