Myst

Like a lone dewdrop
Left untouched by the sun until noon

provided they both care,

the person i don't lie to
is not the one
with the highest moral standards
but the one
who knows more about life

Moral: teach the girls everything

You should be able to say no,
They said,
If you don't want it
Say no,
Be firm,
Be clear,
Say no.

After a lifetime of
Hurts
Bruises
Coercion
Deception
Manipulation
False allegations
Wrong assumptions,
The girl finally learns what to say
To keep the wolves at bay.
To avoid the cringing
And the second guessing
That come
With a half hearted yes.

And realizes
That she has no words
For when she wants to say yes

Not even a maybe.

Ergo
The full yes
Trundles the same baggage
Of cringing
And second guessing
As the half-hearted one.

How is that any better?

And were never meant to be

in this upside down story
where I am supposed to leave
already morphed princes
by the wayside
to kiss an unknown quantity,

i regret to say,
my dear prince,
that you are not my frog.

incomplete einstein

"an hour with a pretty woman passes like 5 minutes"
Einstein's illustration of relativity for the scientifically challenged

Instead,
if time slows down and begins dragging,
mere weeks appear to be months,
and hours seem like days,
each moment minutely observable
in its intensity and detail
of sight, sound and smell,

Then you realize
that you have moved on
from Einstein's theory of relativity
to the emotional responses of shock
complete with
tunnel vision
auditory blunting
and an altered perception of time

दो कदम और सही

You graciously give me space
As is your nature
I think I am beginning to know you
I think we could get along well together
I would like to give you a friendly wave
But you are gone already

I wonder why you
Cut across me so rudely
I wish I could give you
A sharp tongue lash
But once again you leave

To be replaced by another
Whose gentle and unfazed style
I take a liking to
Before I start thinking
How long
This one
Will last

Before I become frustrated
With losing them
Just when I thought
I knew them,
I have to remind myself
That it is cars on the highway
That I am talking about
And not lovers

Memorable Goodbye

"memory like a suitcase with limited storage space
 I find myself trampling all over old memories to make
space for new ones"
jhusilkira

The goodbye is a lot similar

I find myself trying to cram
the complete shared moments
and its official companion -
    the gamut of feelings
into a few sentences
that i hope you will remember forever
as the essence of us

And end up fishing
From that inadequate suitcase
Of most recent memories