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…