You and me
dancing together
Our steps .. in rhythm with each other
Our hands understand
Our minds sing together
We walk, we skip, we jump, we fly, we soar
You thrust.. I parry
I move ..you respond
We are locked in time
And lost too
The mind stops tracking details
Rhythm
Reprise
Resonance
And suddenly we stop
Enough
You have to go
You leave
You look back, your eyes promise..”I will return”
I come home
I wait
Seconds
Minutes
Hours
Days
I look at the watch
I stare out of the window
My ears hear the door
My heart in is my hands
I am smiling
I wait
It’s night
The phone pinging
”Do this.. do that”
Essentials creeping, my moments. fading
I text
”Where are you? What plans?”
You ping
I have to have dinner with this friend
See a movie with a buddy
Have to meet a colleague
Don’t wait up
Gulp
Yes.. of course
I put my heart back in it shell
The darn thing takes time to fit in after it’s been opened
Never mind
It has learnt over the years
The unemotional ones live for the moment
They enter your life
and leave…some other moment in time
Leaving behind.. silence
And a disfigured heart
Nandini Das Ghoshal is the co-founder of Insights & More, a consumer insights boutique based out of Singapore. A Economics graduate and MBA by training, she has worn several hats in her career – as a marketeer, a consultant, a case writer and now she follows her passion of combining entrepreneurship with studying consumers at a deeper level for better business decisions. She loves to write – mostly related to her work but also on current trends and issues. She is also a proud mother of two.