Can't say

Can't say I haven't seen you.

For I saw you just yesterday

In the stolen glances and flushed smiles of 

Two kids in my lane.

Or when I heard you in a few chords 

That drifted in with the rain, one afternoon

Through my window.

Or when I felt you in the flowing steps of some unknown dancers.

Or when I found you in the words of strangers

Who have lost their hearts, broken or given away.

Or in their joy when they got it back again

Whole and healthy.

I saw you in tears of shared laughter 

Brimming with love.

In shy, half smiles and smirky giggles.

And that time when I saw you in a clear night sky,

Fireworks danced with shy stars.

I saw you even in lightning.

In sudden storms and roaring waves.

In falling cherry blossoms and rustling green canopies.

And in the universe that houses in this head.

But alas! 

Can't say I have met you either.

Cherry

"Why are you so fragile, mon cherie!"
So said he, after breaking me.

Musings of a rainy day

What is this need to be tethered but free?
Is it selfish, unrealistic or tad narcissistic?
Or just how love actually should be.

Journey

and so they shook hands 
and wished they would meet again---
Chatty travellers.

Cherry Blossom

I saw you on a cherry blossom day.
You were just as radiant as fragile.
And just like that you vanished.
Were you magic?
Or just a fleeting wish
Of my springing heart.

Retrospect

"You were like the sea. Constantly rolling in and out.
Ever changing and never at peace. All that salty ebb and flow tired me out!"

She said with that trademark smirk he so loved. 
Loves.

He just chuckled.
And wished he could tell her that she was the moon, making it all happen.

Is still the moon.

Pity Again

Wish we had smiled

At each other's twinkling eyes

While passing by.

But neither did you

Nor I.

A heart that's whole

They say broken hearts sing the best songs.

But no.

I'm waiting for that divine music 

Written with utter exhilaration

By a soul which has conquered 

Love. 

Waiting

The world at his feet.

But he played only for her. 

And waited for the day

When she would understand.

Happy

Let's walk down a long unknown road.
Sometimes side by side, 
Sometimes falling behind. 
Sometimes walking ahead,
And then turning back smiling,
For the other to catch up.
Sometimes holding hands,
Sometimes not. But that's okay.
As long as we have matching happy steps.

A Parting Wish

The tears should not be of pain, regret, anger or ill will.
It should roll for the happy times that we spent, 
For the love that we showered each other,
Even in our fights. 
It should be of the laughter that we shared for all those long years 
And should make us smile even while leaving our eyes,
For a life well lived.
A sad smile perhaps.
But smile it must be.
For it's proof that meeting each other was indeed a miracle and a blessing.
That's my wish for us,
When we part.