Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…
After battling fever,
the intense body pain,
that went up to my head,
and down to my toe,
like a continuous flow of blood,
this day has brought peace,
and with it,
a sense of relief…
SO,
here I am answering,
yet again a prompt,
that forces to think,
think beyond,
time and the world that we live in…
One of my favorite moment,
is reliving the day when I met my first crush after a long time,
like 5 years long time,
when I forgot all about it,
by pushing it in the back of my mind,
and forcing it with responsibilities and problems of the family,
until,
that day…
The day I saw them,
traveling all alone,
with an extreme look of dread and tiredness on their face,
I was boarding the same train going the same direction as they were,
I gently said to them,
“Life has had you by the neck hasn’t it…?”
I already had an excuse planned as I wore an earphone in the right ear,
if they thought,
I was making fun of them,
but,
on seeing me,
those eyes shined up…
They raised their hand,
and asked me,
how I’ve been,
after telling them I’m well,
and on asking if they were doing good..?
they gave me a spin,
does it look like I’m doing well,
A wrinkled white shirt,
which was coming out of their back,
and a face that can only be described,
by intense stress, pain and tiredness…
So,
I asked them,
for a coffee,
because the shop was right next to the platform,
(Delhi residents know what I’m talking about…)
So,
we sat down,
ordering two,
and on asking if they needed something to eat with it,
After I already ordered a brownie slice and two pre-packed cookies,
and as we began discussing things…
Family and their well-being,
the people they’re still connected to,
the work life or its balance,
which I felt was nonexistent,
or something that was new in their life…?
After a while,
our coffees came and we began sipping it,
and then I realized,
The dream that I had,
way back,
like years back,
came true that day…
We are sitting together,
having coffee,
discussing our present and the near future,
thinking all of this was a dream,
I pinched myself on my thigh,
and guess what,
it was a reality,
where we,
my high school crush and I,
were happy,
sitting and having coffee…
And they brought a brownie,
steaming it was,
and with a dollop of French-vanilla ice-cream,
as they remembered,
didn’t you make brownies once we had a project together in a group,
and you brought it with you to a common friend’s place…?
Oh yes,
I do remember,
The taste of it still lingers on my mind,
even though they were not warm,
but,
they were to die for,
I think,
Almost all of us remember the taste,
because it was something that was not popular back then,
but,
like really,
it was something else…
As we began taking a bite,
and finishing the coffee,
telling each other our hardships and good things,
as we got up,
she headed towards the counter to pay for it,
unknown I had already done that,
(just like I used to in school time…)
As we headed out,
Handing her a tissue,
to clean the corner of the lip which had some chocolate from the brownie,
as she took it and began cleaning it,
looking just as beautiful as the day i last saw her in school…
As the train came and we boarded it,
Telling her,
the station I am supposed to get down is just the next one,
and she stays a few stations down the line,
thinking I didn’t have anything to do,
I told her,
I’ll drop her off to her station and catch a returning one…
Shyly she agreed,
as we talked about things we loved,
before we could begin another conversation,
her station was here,
as she pulled me with her hands around my arm,
as the train was about to close,
as we walked down the steps and,
I watched her go,
turning often,
and waving me bye…
After she disappeared from my sight,
I began my journey back home..
One of the most favorite moments that I ever had…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
just like that,
I saw,
A familiar face…
A memory,
a few years that were spent together,
were lived within a few seconds,
in which it was all happenings,
all were her memories…
Some were happy some were sad,
As we relived them once again,
and another dream of mine,
a coffee with her,
without any disturbances…
There were none,
none that would disrupt our peace,
our time,
as we discussed,
tiredness of the whole day,
just whooshing away in thin air,
as we drank our coffee and shared a brownie…
The way back home,
looking into those eyes,
I saw something that was still there,
a memory and a spark that we shared,
unknown to it,
she shared her details,
as she tapped her phone to mine,
and within a moment,
we were connected yet again…
“A Day that felt like a dream”
Waakiye 