Izzat karo

A poem by Samyak Shah

Bura unko mat bolo, 

kyunki tang tum aa gaye they 

Bura unke baare mein mat bolo,

kyunki tumhaare nakhre unhone bhi uthaaye they 

Izzat karlo unki jinko tumne chhoda hai, 

kyunki unki kuch baat tumhe sata rahi thi 

Izzat dedo unko bhi jo tumhe chhod ke gaye, 

kyunki khaas baat kuch tum mein bhi thi jo unko sata rahi thi 

Chahe jisne bhi juda hone ka elaan kiya, nuksaan isme kisi ka na hua 

Kyunki jeetey toh tum dono ek dusre ke bina bhi they,

Dukh sirf iss baat ka tha ki jab saath they tum tab ainvayi "JAAN BHI DE DENGE" bola karte they 

This poem is a shoutout to all the boyfriends and girlfriends who decided to hurl abuses and insult each other after breaking up. (involves calling names as well) 

This poem is a shoutout to all the people who (in the pursuit of becoming popular amongst their friend's circle) disrespected the other person's freedom and peace of life.  

This poem is a shoutout to all the couples who (despite deciding to break up mutually) blamed the other person for everything that had happened. 

Relationships and intimate affairs are a part and parcel of life, some work out and some don't, but this doesn't simply mean that people go on insulting the same person who they had proposed to just some time ago. 

I, myself, have just passed this phase where I had a fallout with a friend of mine, who I considered very close to me (for whatever little time we were together, or that's what I thought). I realised that feelings and respect were not being reciprocated from her side, and I decided that very moment, I am not going to put up with this. 

I broke off all ties with her, and there came a point where I literally wanted to hurl the worst of insults on her face, that's when my bestfriend came to the rescue and told me, that if she respected your decision of parting ways with you, maybe you should not disrespect it. I had never hurled abuses at any woman in these 18 years of my life, when I told this to him, he straightaway said and I quote  

"Good for you. If you haven't hurled abuses at any woman till now, do not let her become an exception. Let this little legacy of yours live for a longer period". 

That moment is when I thought that I should be respectful and thoughtful of all the decisions I've made till now that concerned and involved her.