(choti batein…choti choti baton ki hain yadein badi..)
It was all by chance that we met,
It all just by chance happened,
It was all a mistake that brought us together,
And made us such a good friends at the end.
I remember the starting when I was so shy,
You wanted to talk to me and I didn’t know why,
You threw all tantrums , by all means you tried,
And then one fine day you called up to apologize.
From that moment onwards we started talking,
But just for a name sake it was,
Coz I was not too keen in opening my self,
to someone I met just a few days past.
Well, by and by days were passing,
And with each passing day more we were sharing,
And then all of a sudden everything came to a halt,
And the train of our nameless relation suffered a jolt.
U did it for good but the things turned bad,
And I experienced something which I really never had,
People kept coming with various stories involving you,
Firstly I denied, but then thoughts forced them to be true.
I was seething in anger,
I wanted to cry aloud,
I wanted to slap you harder,
I didn’t want to see you around.
And in the fit of anger and despair,
I stopped seeing everyone there,
And thus as the result I lost my “smile”,
Which everyone used to say was my best attire.
Well, days were again passing by,
But there were no talks now,
And then one fine day you again called me up,
To tell me I “OVER REACTED”, and summarized me how.
We talked for about an hour that day,
For the first time it was happening,
We spoke, we listened, we argued a lot,
And perhaps that only settled back the things.
Now our relation got a name,
And we started addressing each other as “friends”,
But since this friendship could be sensed something else,
So the other one means nothing to us, was which we began to pretend.
This somehow solved our problem, and made us feel at ease,
We started enjoying our lives and people around were also pleased.
The gossips at least stopped doing rounds around the campus,
And we escaped peacefully from that idiotic rumpus.
After a few days we were made to work together,
People again planned to have fun n gossip, but didn’t get either,
But as said – fights are the part of friendship,
So exceptions weren’t we,
And once over something we walked away free.
And even in that state of mind, u rendered your indirect support there,
That gesture of yours made me smile,
For I had got a friend who truly did care.
And not only once, it happened so many times,
Whenever I needed you,
I found you standing by my side.
Your calling me up, your trailing me after,
Your bringing mine nowhere look alike from a silly newspaper,
Your telling me to be “PRACTICAL” while you yourself were emotional,
Your way of doing things in a special way, and then making me feel special.
Your changing the seats during the game,
Me giggling within to see your efforts go invain.
Your befooling me by sending me to the door,
Me replying for that through the “AUTOMOBILE REPORT ”.
Your torturing the mediator by asking for the pen,
Me keeping her cool through some weird explanations.
Your awakening me daily through the “AUTOMATIC ALARM ”,
Me thanking you each time it broke my slumber prolonged.
We honoring “TITLES” to each other and then tossing the coin to finalize,
We betting on every silly things and then treating each other in disguise.
We going through the cold war, and maintaining the façade of normality,
We strewn from within but greeting each other with an irritating complacency.
Your saying “BE QUIET” me saying “JUST NOTHING”,
Your sending me the smileys when my smile was missing.
Your sitting amongst everyone and making indirect quotes,
Your taking away the diary and returning it back with a friendship note.
Your working with me on things you were never interested in,
Your fighting with others just to make us see win.
Your lapsing into silence on getting my “leaving” news,
Me smiling and laughing, which I would’ve loved to refute.
Your sending me messages and showing u were missing your friend a lot,
Me smiling back and pretending, what a pleasure to me my leaving has brought.
Your sending the gift because of the invitation,
Me returning that back as per my decision.
Your incessantly arguing for months on that act of mine,
“It didn’t make any sense” was which I replied each time.
And then over this virtual vicinity real distances started domineering,
And my little mind kept swinging between being “SANE” and undiscerning.
Hence with the passage of time, it felt as if never to fade away memories have started fading away,
Coz I started sensing the lack of warmth, which you used to show in your own special way.
And whenever I felt like that,
You appeared and showed your presence,
And probably that’s why I got ,
The answers to the various “QUESTIONS” hence.
“And now when all of a sudden you opened ur heart to me,
You asked for the time , but never gave it to me,
I could have reciprocated, but I know I’ll never,
I can’t play with your feelings,I can’t be FAIR and FOREVER!”
Emotionally it seems we will never drift apart,
But for me “CHANGE IS THE LAW OF NATURE” is a very practical thought.
I might be right, I might be wrong,
But whatever it is, it hardly matters to me,
Coz perhaps from your constructive criticism,
I have imbibed a lot of new and good things in me.
Though I will never put it in words,
But with all those good deeds with me you will forever remain,
And with a silent note, I will think of you,
Whenever I’ll think of a “friend”.
