Chai

 She hurriedly took all her papers 

Pari: shucks no cabs! I think I should drive ..even with this back pain I  that's a better bet.

Anand: No way! It's going to make your back worse. Chill you will get one.

Pari: Uber pool is available..lets get this..

Anand: Just wait no..

Pari: I will get late for the appointment.. I am booking this.

Giving her husband a quick hug and all the instructions for the kids breakfast, she leaves.

Cab arrives...there is a lady already sitting in the front, Pari sits behind. Busy letting Anand know about her cab status , she doesn't realise when another passenger enters the cab. A few minutes by, and the cab stops for the fourth passenger . Another male passenger..Pari gets off let's the gentleman sit next to the other one and gets in .The passport office she is about an hour away... that's quite a long drive.

Pari looks out at the peaking traffic. It's office time and hence everyone is in a rush. The school kids are rushing too! The cab turns and now the sun shines harshly on the face..Phew I can't look out anymore! Pari frets. Looks down into her phone is just way too happy to see messages on her besties group and starts chatting. 

The bright sun has given me such a headache she wrote! I want Chai😒Right now!

As she typed this, she realised the guy sitting next to her was sheepishly smiling, having read that message. Like really! Such a creep she thought. Untill now she hadn't noticed him but as she does, he is a very attractive guy.Tall, well built and .. well whatever! She thought aloud. 

An hour passed by and she was 10 mins late ..Pari left the car saying thank you to the cab driver.

5 mins into the drive, Keyur looked down at his feet  and saw a file. He picked it and opened to see some very important documents of the lady who was sitting next to him, in the cab just 5 mins back. 

Keyur on a call and looking at the file.. Sathish, I will be late to office today . Please handle the meetings.

Keyur then stops the cab and gets off, rushing towards the passport office.

Pari showed her appointment sms and stepped into the Passport office . She stood in a queue to make sure all the required documents are attached. She was two turns away as she looked into her bag for the file and couldn't find it. She didn't understand what happened and suddenly remembered that her file could have fallen in the cab. In tears,  she didn't know what to do!!!

She pulled out her phone to call Anand but a hand on her shoulder startled her.

Lady: mam is this yours? A gentleman came and gave it to me at the gate.

Pari tried to look out but it was her turn to get the papers checked..

2 hours later with her passport cleared, she stepped out relieved but head still throbbing.. she needed to book her cab to get back home..

She reached out for her phone when some one said

Excuse me..hope all went well .. I got your file.

Pari looked up and saw the guy from the cab. Smiling she said oh my God! Thank you so much! You have no idea what a big thing that was.

I do! He said.. still craving for some tea? Me too..

What do you think Pari did next?..

My Stranger

 The stranger in the crowd

Who knows me more

Than anyone in my world around

We lived as parallels in this cross eyed world

Hoping to meet at infinity

When are worlds dissolve

But when we meet, we won't be strangers then

And you will get into my within.

Will you dislike me as you know me more

Or will I dislike you as we grow close

It scares me to think that something so beautiful

Would end up as mundane as our usual life

So dear stranger stay as one

Don't think much just hear me out 

Don't judge me , never pout

For you are important untill you don't know me

And when you do

It will lead to many cries

And oh darling it will be time to cut the ties

So dear stranger stay as one

I want someone so numb

Who hears my pain 

But doesn't strain

We laugh together at a silly joke

And talk about romantic movies that make us choke

We share songs when we don't know what to say

You uplift my spirits when things are at me to slay.

You aren't a stranger anymore you know

And that makes is difficult

Cos now you understand , feel,  judge , know my low

No no no this is not how it's supposed to be

My idea of therapy is a stranger listening to me..

It has now lead to many cries

And oh darling it is time to cut the ties.

 

The Way

She can't stay where she is, but has nowhere to go 

Everything seems right, and yet she feels so low.

She is seeing time pass by, that's what she can't stop  

If only time was on her side, then these doubts would not crop.

Sometimes she wonders if she will reach where she wants to be 

Or will that place still not make her happy

What is it? Why is it? 

Or what not and why not?

Confused and lost she takes a step forward each day

Hoping that someday she will find "the way"

Big brother Ansh

Wanderings

I haven't travelled much
Or alone as such
But when I do
It's the journey I look forward to.


Packing the bags
Having everything in place
Making sure everything is marked
Am in a happy space.

When I sit into the cab
Oh my feelings are a mix of some
A little of anxiety
And a lot of freedom.

Getting off the cab
 I feel so cool
My heels click louder
And i feel I am here to rule!

It's the journey that gives me a high
To understand this feeling
As I try,
I realise..
Iam someone yet no one in the crowd
This feeling  so liberating,
I could scream aloud.

So when someone
Looks at me , she sees only me
Not the mom, not the wife
It's me.. yes this is me!

Oh I want to talk about everything under the sun,
Am I interesting or hey shall I get out my gun?
Laughter aside
This is true...
My next travel...I can't wait for you!

Undefined Love

A person that's been broken once,
Will never be the same,
And if it was a broken heart,
Trust is a synonym of insane.

You tug my heart,
And love me so,
It's so adorable !
You leave me with a glow
A little flutter in my heart
A little tingle in my toe.

But I wish I could break,
Those shackles of insecurities,
Of the "I know or maybe"....
Or the "could or should be"

Is it love I don't know,
Fondness perhaps?! I DONT know!
But I think of you every single day
Sometimes i give in, and sometimes I say Nay!

Not bound by anything
There is nothing we share
And when we  talk,
We do without a care.

Is it love, perhaps  it is,
Let it grow as is.
For when it does, we will meet,
And cordially  as we greet,
Casually like straightening a crease,
Pass on all the love
In the warm handshake
with a gentle little squeeze.

My purpose

My purpose I do not know,
My goals I cannot see,
Sailing through life,
I was a happy me.

No worry, for not even a dime,
I lived happily with loads of time.
Nothing seemed wrong and all was right,
Can't remember when did I change my flight.

That one day changed it all,
With a thud the innocence was gone,
I frantically threw my hands up trying to float,
Gasping for air - for a little support.

I am sure God has a plan for me
But why is it that I can't see?

Ok, don't show but please just guide,
Or take me back up that slide,
From where, all I see is clean,
Not a dirt or a spec -nothing, but the sheen..
Of no worry, no expectations,
No desire no frustrations

When you see me, i will still be the happy me,
smiling and talking with childlike glee,
But the storms that you can not see,
Are pulling me..
Yes, they are pulling me.