Heart hurts, it bleeds

Winds blew yester pages
Of an old book shelved away
From past fifteen years
Filled with childhood memories

Dusted chapters of smiles
Torn pages of childhood
Crumbled moments of laughter
Scribbled lessons of innocence

Sweet aroma of past filled the air
Breeze stumbled upon that golden days’ book
Slipping through my fingers
Shaking hands try to hold on
But time blew it far away

One more breeze stroke
Crossing fifteen years of bridge
Meeting time locked in a bottle
That just one hug and a look
At my cousin sister, my friend
Time rolled back as bottle exploded

Memory lanes opened wide
Rush hour traffic of childhood
Blocked the time gone with the winds
…Slipping out in summer afternoons
Those mini stalls of junk food
Miles long never ending conversations
As if all this happened just yesterday

Our first crushes
Those open jeep rides
Ice cream bets
Girls versus boys’ matches
Little white lies to sneak out
Knowing it all attitude
Laughter on childish jokes
Sudden traffic jam of memories
Stopped the heartbeats of time

So much lost in the storm
Home left never to be returned
Lost touch with once a reality
Now it’s only a dream
So much happiness in few hours I collected
So much I laughed
Heart cried out loud

Wishes fell off my eyes
Tears covered my yesterday
Heart felt the pain of losing
The weddings invitations never attended
Family members I lost
Four-legged babies left waiting
The smiles left my side
Laughter went its way
So much to remember
So much I hold on to
Yet so much I never had a chance
A chance to create memories

I laughed away hours
Lived a lifetime
Non-stop catching up
We ran through the maze of memories
Laughed away talking
Catching time in our palms
But as sun went down
Time once again slipped from my open palms
Throwing me back into pit of reality

But heart still dreams
Mind still wanders through yester lanes
Eyes sprinkle sparkling tears
Heart beats races million horses
Soul yearns for time to rewind
But now tells me my hands are empty

Strength of time felt
Happiness I gathered today
In abundance
That heart hurts, it bleeds
Eyes broke dam of the past
Breaking loose all my memories
Memories I had created
Memories I never had a chance to create

Lived a lifetime in few hours
Happiness so much I gathered
That my heart hurts, it bleeds
Memories float in my eyes

…heart hurts, it bleeds