7 AM Coffee Date
“It’s been a while,
I have been myself.
I could get lost in the crowd,
Not finding my voice.
But with you,
I can count the stars.” — He said.
Weeks and months went by,
We would daydream at night.
When silence rose
Our minds spoke.
Were we scared to meet?
Maybe reality would not be a fairy tale after all.
Were we eager to meet?
Maybe reality would shake the world after all.
“Want to meet up for coffee at 7 today?”
I finally said it.
And I heard a ‘YES’
from the other side.
Rest of the hours seemed very long that day.
I was excited to see him.
I was excited to see the smile
That I had imagined would look like.
As I started walking,
The feeling of pure excitement started harmonizing around me.
I could hear the songs in my ears that we would sing to.
Maybe this is what being in a movie felt like.
But the roads seemed longer than usual.
While feeling elated was keeping me busy,
I was not reaching my destination on time.
I started running,
I did not want to keep him waiting.
As I ran faster,
I could feel the roads just stretching in front of me.
I could see the coffee shop at the near end.
What was going on?
Something was pulling me back.
The faster I tried to run,
The longer the road became.
My face was turning red,
with fear and fume.
I could not run faster to see you.
Our melodies were slowly fading away from my mind.
I screamed your name,
Hoping you would see me coming to you, and save me.
I kept running,
I could see the coffee shop fading.
I kept calling your name,
Please come and see that I am here,
For you.
It was 7 AM,
The alarm went off.
I finally stopped running.
I tried,
Tried to bring you to my reality.
I am sorry, my love
That I kept you waiting.
It was sadly,
Just a dream…