Book of Summer

Book of summer
I opened…
Texture old and raggedy
Browsing pages falling apart
I stumbled upon the date
Bookmarked in violet
First flower you gave
I remember
Like it was only yesterday

Years have said goodbye
Time has flown away with wings
But memories still stay crisp
Pouring drip by drip
Smiles and tears hidden deep

Hot summer of New Delhi
Burst of laughter echoes
Sitting under the antique fan
At my granma's veranda
Watching the pale old man
Walk to the same bench
Sit there until break of dusk
As we exchanged secrets for laughs

It was the day
The day when you first kissed
Gently on my cheeks
And we both giggled loud

Sitting on marble floor
Playing snakes and ladder
As we were mumbling on whose turn it was
We said we’ll be together
For that’s what best friends do
Stick with each other, now and forever

…and you said
I was your “bestest of the bestest”
Friend in the whole universe

Here I sit today in “now”
Thinking of those times
When innocence prevailed
Childhood fights and make-ups
In our hearts and mind
Silhouette of our friendship
Always stayed

...Where did it all vanish?
When did I loose its clasp?
How did we fell apart?

…Past sneaked out of my bag
And wept away from eyes
Alone I sit hoping to meet you again
Since last email you wrote
May be soon we shall meet again
Before you would leave forever

…faintly I hear something
At the back of my ear

…I hear a phone ring hidden under the seat
I jumped hoping my wish came true

… I picked up the phone
And…