Manali

 If I can pen it down

Then it wasn’t that beautiful!

Yeah, it’s been a year!

And the memories are still fresh.

How can you forget something?

That already took your heart before you even came in their vicinity.

Those snow-capped mountains

Trekking to thousands of feet

Making our snow-man

Drinking from the stream, which carried water straight from glaciers

Bathing with cold water in the evening,

Even when drinking that would cost a sore throat.

Making a whole lot of strangers

Into lifelong friends

The ride of the van packed with twelve,

complete strangers,

And all it took was half an hour

To realize, ‘we were destined to be a group.’

Whether it was Charlie, Delta or two lovely sisters

The trip would have been incomplete even if we missed one.

It felt I met a part of myself.

Mountains, trees, streams, clouds, rain, birds, animals, they all are me,

We all are one

Sharing centuries-old bond.

It was doubtlessly heaven.

Cause my heart never felt that peace before. 

If I can pen it down

Then it wasn’t that beautiful.

Till Last Breath

“I don't have feelings for you anymore,” he said

I was standing still

Couldn't believe what just happened.

That dream shattered

Pain too much to handle.

He was explaining

But what I had heard

Was enough to make me run away.

Tears flooding

My mind, too slow to assimilate

Every word was tearing me apart

Wanted to think that it was a nightmare

But it proved much worse.

Every moment came flashing by

Your promise

Your love

The way you used to say, “You belong with me”

Our first kiss

The day we met

When you wrapped your arms around me,

Yes, everything!

I wanted a forever

But I guess you just stopped for sometime

Before you can catch on another train.

I believed your Till-Last-Breath

But I forgot that you were a human

And they know how to betray.