Sunday, October 21, 2007

The dream date

She smiled and then turned away.
Her hands playing with that long hair.
Her conversation playfully vague.
her infectious laughter with a hint of don't care.

Hearts rose and sank with every gesture.
Every word held onto as if jewels they be.
Every moment treasured, every movement analyzed.
Every nod of the head, seemed to be only for me.

I then gathered my courage and went up to her
sat at her table and held her lovely hand.
Her lovely face with the clearest of skin,
turned as crimson as the reddest rose of the land.

The silence was broken with the loveliest of giggles.
Her beauty benumbed me while my heart sang.
We moved closer, the heart beating faster as her eyes closed.
When suddenly my eyes opened as the alarm bell rang.

I cursed the bell which snatched away the moment.
The bell that prevented the moment from what it could have been.
The beautiful face though hazy seemed strangely familiar.
You never know when life can be, an extension to a dream.

-Pranay Rao