Embrace

By M. Balasubramaniam

I met her one fine day.

A purely chance meeting.

A close friend, close as friends can be.

Someone to whom I could be me.

We talked for many hours,

not a single boring moment.

We talked as if we wouldn’t meet again,

because she was moving away the next day.

Even if I was inexplicably sad,

My face hid it exceptionally well.

I looked at her laughing face

And couldn’t control a drooling smile.

If I could have looped time,

This moment would have been it.

She caught me in a friendly embrace,

filling a previously unknown void.

A parting gift and a final goodbye,

Earned me another tight hug.

After we went our separate ways,

a chasm opened in my heart.

Even if we moved apart,

Even if she forgot my name,

Even if I moved on from that day,

This moment will always stay with me.

By M. Balasubramaniam