Dated- 3rd may

....and then….we walked with hands linked, on a poetry-perfect evening without a moon that stared

When… the 1st rains of the season drenched souls as the winds played with careless tresses and lightening struck forms up above somewhere When….mindless laughter and silent togetherness didn’t feel that silly anyhow.. When….listless words, curious stares and passing headlights couldn’t disturb anymore.. When…wringed hands and 1st kisses were timidly hidden behind shy text messages… When….self-praised black tops and previously admired white t-shirts heard words love-struck with senseless incoherence. When….wayside puchka’s were tasted with blushed smiles as cell phones got calls that were carelessly missed When…. bits of you still remained somewhere within me and kohl smudged eyes lived hesitant feverish dreams

When…. hugging skin, sweaty palms, trembling shadows and the perturbed sky …dissolved inside us for that one last time.

It was then….

when perfect first dates winked from behind half-lived nights,

and syrupy memories stayed back refusing to be left behind….

*hugs and smiles*