Ice Cream

Today when I was offered ice-cream, I remembered him. But remembrance only comes when one forgets the other. He is not the one to be forgotten so easily because he took a part of me with himself. "Say it once more..." "What?" I asked him. "The thing which we had just now." "I don't know..." "Really? Starts with I then C..." I liked teasing him and he loved teasing me more. Finally, I used to give in and said, "Ice cream" He loved to make me pronounce that.Till now I have no clue about the reason. Ice-cream was always our favourite. Whenever I used to be upset, his one-stop solution was, "Calm down. Take a cold shower and have ice-cream."

But today this ice-cream made me feel heavier and I made an excuse not to have it. Over the ice-cream, he asked me once, "What's next? We love each other but what do you plan to do?" I stared blankly at him. I had no plans, neither to hold him back nor to let him go. I replied, "For me, it is very simple. I love you but I am not planning to do anything." I don't know if he believed me but I was not sure of my answer. How could I explain to him what he meant to me! I wished to tell him.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down I will keep my words, won't do you any wrong For no one looks at me the way you have seen With no one I have been so close and this keen The spark which we share and the way you care You are like the sunshine amidst the cold gloomy air When I say I love you, I mean I love the whole of you With your baggages and roots which makes 'you' You are like my most loved place which I can't visit often You are like that flower which I want to keep safe in the garden You are like that perfume which I sincerely preserve You are like that song which I sing again Over and over You are like the beautiful dream which is beyond my reach But you are the only one whom I will never ditch." The ice-cream was melting in its cup. I looked over it trying to get over.