This time 
as before 
I did not 
want to make 
a  mistake. 
 
Mistake of 
not saying 
those three words 
I thought you 
surely longed 
to hear 
from me. 
 
I thought 
I shouldn't 
surely make 
a mistake. 
 
This time 
instead 
I said 
in haste 
those three words 
and I  
came to know 
I made 
a mistake. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Palas Kumar Ray
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