On Papu's Birthday....

First Love

I saw you the other day strolling into the classroom

All I did see was a girl with long locks chirping away

A sudden urge to ask – Hey, will you be mine

Send a messenger who returned with a bad line.

The days I tried to steal a glance

And changed my path to cross you by

All this I tried just to hint a smile

As I moved away to the floor above

A year vanished and you changed your mind

I was timed to make that first of many calls

Then started the beautiful saga of love

Love strengthened with every ounce of time

Spoke for hours learning expressions of love

With every word the love grew beyond

All we did was to wait for that next time

When we can share those moments apart

We fought and made up for the umpteenth time

All in the name of that strong bond we love

She earned a spot away from me and home

And rode away alone to build her Rome

Distance between us but never away

We loved even more with lives apart

And came the time to live our life

The way we loved in our PURI days

Had each other to be loved and cared

Home and time, together we shared

Would like to live those moments again

For it was bliss till the moment I left

She followed me around to corners unknown

Hiding a smile within and wearing a frown

Letting me know she will be forever my own

And promising to trek along to every dusty town

Together we are today some years gone

Came the day she was born twenty seven years on

I didn’t sing her a song or buy her a gown

Wished her from far and heard her drown

Couldn’t be by her to wipe her tear

And to tell her, I am here forever near

To whisper in her ear “I love you dear”

Will be with her this day every year

Come December we shall be hitched

Memorable start to our young love etched

Together we thread the miles stretched

To write a fairytale love story to be sketched

Want you to know that u r my world

And without you I have nowhere to head

All I have is you and your love to hold on

Hand in hand we shall walk into sundown.