Mood Lift
/The feelings were full of roses as I was with her at that moment
She comes smilingly and asks me where should I prefer to sit
I said anywhere and she said to make a choice
Then I chose a place which was at the end where no-one could disturb our solitude for once in a blue moon that came as bliss.
She looks at my face, smiles, and says - “So how have you been?”
I say I am good and as I was about to make a talk
The waiter arrives with a smile and takes the order
Comes back with a cigarette and coffee.
I keep gazing and looked at her face as we met after ages
She was astonished and asks what happened?
I nod my head with a smile
She laughs and says are you okay!
She reaches out her hand to the cigarette
Lits with a matchstick; inhales the smoke and releases
I looked into her eyes and then at thin lips as if the smoke has kissed her softly
Like Moodlift stars twinkling and cuddling the solitude briefly
We talked about hopes and aspirations
She was adamant about her ambitions
We also talked about how our journey started
But didn't come to the conclusion of how together it should be headed
Oh she had charms on me since long
Together we were at the moment after many storms
Knew that the houses built on the riverside will wash away
And the waves came in the form of time
Where the sun was losing its rays and then we had to part away
Oh I was looking at the never-ending horizon
Eyes wanted to see and body wanted to feel
But the sacred values were reigning
And the heart was once again filled with meanderings
Oh she was all water and sun that day
Listened to her tales as if a word that soothes the heart in gay
She shared her ambitions and dreams
Some were in the forms of stability and security of livings
Some were of cultures, family values, and her chantings
Oh I wandered into her sayings
And was lost into imagining the days as per her wanting
And she asked me after seeing me thoughtful; smoking, inhaling and exhaling
What happened, you seem lost somewhere in my sayings?
I said I was picturing the days and scenes
Where I felt and said it to her that
We can complement in some but need a sewing
Oh we could swim with wings and dreams
And said to her that I want her to be the queen
Where people should look up to her and say that they want to be like her,
Even when not knowing who she is and her journey so far
But to look at her with pride and dignity to continue looking at the star
Oh only the good sides of her
Not the real her
She might have demons
Like others too have
But she has a heart full of glitters
That flutters
Oh we smoked, along with the sip of a coffee, and listened to each other’s words
The smoke that came from the cigarettes made me think when it disappeared into the midst
Will we also get lost as it vanished in the twist of expectations and needs?
Oh she is full of youth, age, and opportunities
I wondered and wandered into the clouds filled with fears of necessities and vanities
Things might be on our side if only she could commit
As time is strong and fate might rule and take us far;
Leaving only memories of not making a decision when once there was a living tree.
Oh the time came and she asked me
Where should I drop you?
And I said from where you picked me
She took me with her on the magical rides that were once only a dream
Only to talk like angels in ears with breath touching the skin
That aroused millions of sentiments filled with dreams studded with creams
Oh that was a film
And it was my whim
I woke up again
With the same feeling
Of hollow settings.
By Moin Uddin
From: Nepal
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