My Secret

It was start of my teenage years It was blooming days of my girlhood So pure and fresh were my feelings I knew nothing other than my parents' doting Then, one day I saw this boy Very handsome, lean and tall Cycling along the road in front of my house His charisma caught my eyes. Then, whenever he goes that way My dreamy eyes started peeking his way I knew nothing about him But I saw him always in my day dreams No name, no address, no acquaintance he was Still he caught my imagination I don't know how many days it continued I thought, ‘Is it love at first sight? ' One day we moved to a farther place After my father got a transfer I could not see the boy anymore Gradually his image got wiped Now, when I think about it I laugh at myself And tell ‘Silly girl! How naive were you? Did you not know, what you thought as love Was it nothing but an infatuation? ' @ Bharati Nayak