Meeting

I board the train

I checked myself in mirror again

Arranging a strand here & there

So many thoughts running in my brain

In excitement of seeing you

I begun dreaming with open eyes

How it would be when I will be with you?

How will hide my love & how I will utter lies?

It was not too long when I was there.

He stood in front of me with a smile on

I felt like my heart skipped a beat

I was still dreaming & I moved on.

What all I planned to say & do

I was clueless why didn’t anything.

I wore that sheepish smile as my shield

I tried it a lot to speak & stop stammering.

I felt like a helpless infant

I want to tell him that I love him

I want to let him know, he is the one

I was shooting in dark with no aim

Entire time of the meeting passed

It was time to say bye each other

I felt an urge within to shout aloud

I cannot drag it any further.

With a fear, tears rushed in my eyes

I held his hand not to let it go

I said to him that I want to, ultimately

“I really do. Please don’t say no.”

He left my hand & held my shoulders

He drew me closer & shook me

I open my eyes & saw a girl

All that was not real & was a dream of me.

Here I ran out of train

Found him waiting for me

I smiled at myself & my stupidity

& I looked at him when he smiled at me.

----parinita(28/07/2009)