Do You Remember?

Do you remember those evenings

When we would hold hands so dearly, letting our fingerprints kiss 

That when our hands came away

Your fingers would have to unlock my mobile 

And my fingers would have to unlock yours?

Do you remember those nights

When we would stay conversing, completing each other’s sentences

That the next morning

You would have to write in my dream journal 

And I would have to write in yours?

Do you remember those mornings 

When our bodies would wake up as one 

That when we hit the gym

You would have to work out for my muscles

And I would have to work out for your bones? 

Do you remember those afternoons

When our minds would be mapping the same ideas from different offices

That before the monthly business reviews

You would have to prepare my presentation

And I would have to prepare yours? 

Do you remember those days 

When our biggest fear was to stay separated

That is our home 

We had only one chair, one coffee mug, one yoga mat, and one towel?

Do you remember those days

When our beloved poems were written together?

I would come up with a title

You would sing out the first line

I would ponder over a rhyme

And you would whisper the punchline.

Do you remember those days?

Because, my dear, I do

Though of late, it is getting difficult

To meet those memories and pay our due...

After all these years

I am visited more by memories that are fresh and new 

I try hard to keep our long-lost love alive

But life is simply flying away so fast to be true.