“Excuse me...”
As he heard her voice,
His world fell apart.
He wished not to turn around,
But his wishes never came true.
As he turned back,
He said,
“Yes?”
Her world fell apart
As she heard his voice and saw him.
She thought why she had said that,
But her thoughts never came through.
As they both saw each other
In the eye,
There was a silence,
An invisible cry.
The words were taking time
To fall out from their mouths.
But there was no need for words—
They both understood each other,
Like they knew what the other one wanted to say.
Their hearts stuck again—
Or I say, they were never away.
“Sorry! May I ask if I know you?”
He smiled.
“I am sorry you have to ask that,” he said.
She smiled.
**“I know you know me.
I know you once knew me more than myself.
I know once you knew me like you know yourself.
Now we are acting like complete strangers,
But you are the stranger who once was my home.
Whenever I felt alone,
I rested in your memories.
I don’t know what happened—
Suddenly, it all vanished.
It all vanished like rainy clouds after sunlight.
It all vanished like my peace after I set foot in your heart’s yard.
I don’t know— I was not the same again.
My peace felt like pain.
Whenever I was alone,
I was scared of thoughts.
Those thoughts put me in wonder—
What have I done wrong?
I was not ready to say anything to you,
But now I couldn’t hold.
My soul was dead,
Even though there was a moving body.
Heart felt alone in a crowd,
But my thoughts let me feel
That I was not alone when I was alone.
Yeah, that all sounds like something different,
But I was in………….. (Huh)
What can you expect me to say?
You can see everything through my heart,
Through my words,
Through my actions,
Through everything.
I don’t expect you to say anything now.
You can just walk away
Like you have done that a million times already.
But don’t expect me to say anything.
I had lost my mind when I found you,
And I had lost my heart when I lost you.
And now if I stop you—
My soul would also be lost.
There is a quote which said:
‘All roads led to you—
Even the ones which I took to forget you.’
Yes, that was my actual feeling.
Now I will wait for your response,
Because I want to know—
That from the beginning of my new life,
Which was after I saw you the first time...”**
As she was shocked,
Her voice choked.
She was crying
Like a baby cries the first time.
Then she smiled,
Like a baby smiles the first time.
He was confused.
He thought about what he said,
And then he asked,
“Are you alright?”
In his heart.
She saw him in the eye
And started to speak
Like the baby tries to speak for the first time:
**“Who told you
That I was not in love with you?
I was lost in that love.
I didn’t have the courage to say anything.
I just prayed to God
That you could understand everything,
Even when I said nothing.
But that prayer was stuck between my words.
I don’t know what happened—
Suddenly it all changed.
I was waiting for you to express everything,
But I realised I had lost you the same time.
I didn’t know
What would you feel like—
Yeah, that was my mistake.
But I thought you could understand everything
Even when I said nothing.
You and I were waiting
Like sand and cloud,
Because they both wanted the same thing—
For rain to fall.
And when the rain falls,
It leaves at a different time,
And reaches at different.
And our love was like that.
But instead of rain, it was feelings.
I fell for you at a different time,
And you fell for me at a different time.
We both wanted the same thing—
But at different times.
It was like a child
Who cried for his previous life
And wanted to enjoy the new one at the same time.
I have loved you a thousand times
After all fell apart.
And you loved me a thousand times
Before there was a word—apart.
We both were the same—
But at different times.
It was not our fault—
It was the one which we call:
The perfect time.
And that time,
I think, has reached us now—
Like new day sunshine.”**
He turned away in the opposite direction,
Scrubbed his eyes,
And started to speak in a few lines:
“Please go if you want to.
If I watch you cry one more time,
I may not be able to control myself
From hugging you.
And if I hug you,
I will not let you go.
And if you slipped away after that,
My life will end there—
And my wish will get completed:
To die in the arms of my lover
At my last time.”
She also started to speak in a few lines:
**“So turn—
And see how I am crying.
I want you to hug me
Like I am yours,
And you are mine.
Please do that
Before the end of this time.
Or my soul will leave my body
And wait for you in heaven.
And then my wish will get completed—
If not in the arms of my lover,
Let his face be the last thing I see
Before I step my foot in hell.
Because till the time your soul reaches heaven,
That heaven would feel like hell.
So let’s fall for each other
Again—
At the same time.
So if one leaves,
There will be only one reason—
Which will be death.”**
Then there was silence—
Filled with words.
She was just crying,
And he was seeing her.
So he stepped up on his words,
And held her tightly.
They just hugged each other—
Like a long-lost child
Hugged his own mother.
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