I Forgot You!

Life moves on, things don’t remain the same.

That excitement to see each other, the anxiety to leave when we really had to, being in touch till late at night, and then starting the same without caring whether we are sitting in the toilet or brushing.

We do all the things we have to, but you were always there like the background music of a movie scene, which we can feel through the scene, that music gives a sense to that scene, but is never a main part of it.

We met, spent time, without looking at the watches, in fact, when I was with you, I wanted to throw the watch, which used to remind me that I had to go away from you.

But then things happen, the way sand slips from our hands, and things started slipping for both of us.

We knew it was happening, but it’s happening like that background music, which was not making any sound as such, but giving us the signs that something is collapsing.

Then one day, it ends; it feels like everything is abrupt, but when we look back, there is a clear pattern to it. But just because we both knew that life wouldn’t be the same again from that point, it felt abrupt.

Now, after so many years, we are both busy in our lives, life doesn’t stop for anyone.

When old things come up among friends, and your topic comes up, I casually say, ” It’s a past, and I am very much ahead of it”.

But somewhere in my life, all the time, you are still with me, like that background music, without making any sound, but making an unseen impact on me.

I said, I forgot you, but I am not. Actually, I can’t.