She walked past me in hurry As a beat skipped my cushioned heart A flood of memories emerged Each piercing like a well-aimed dart I remembered her eyes as I closed mine Those dark, black, bottomless oceans divine I remembered those unfathomable gems Their cheerful playfullness, their effortless shine I looked up, saw her leaving Ran after her, called her name, my heart still leaping

 

She looked back, was taken aback A shock, some pain belied, before she smiled As we walked towards each other Forgotten moments emerged, my mind without rudder My eager legs withheld nothing A poor demonstration of heart’s yearning I beheld her fair face after so long a time

 

Those wonderful dark eyes... with fine lines Her beautiful face wore an embarrased smile Her greetings hesitant, pause awkward... but for a while We spoke of life and its many ways And heard, rather hurriedly, all the ‘yeahs’ Short sentences tried to give nothing away ‘Fine’, said we, mentioning nothing of life’s frays As I took leave with the promise to meet again It seemed again like the boyhood dream She was her and yet not Something within seemed lost I remembered the day we had parted ways

 

I smiled, felt vindicated Without me she would never have been herself again I felt sad and happy, but sadness remained I entered my home still recalling those dark eyes Thinking how things turn out in humdrum of life She was but a shadow now; pain beneath the pride My thoughts again wandered on the dark eyes, fine lines. Settling on the sofa of my palatial mansion I smiled now at the defeated deceit, the rejection In came, my beautiful wife with her usual sad smile Her dark eyes... fathomless... with fine lines!!! ■