Between The Two

It would all begin In a state of innocence He would draw a circle Around her feet And she would skip hop And play merry within An unwitting statement From her would amplify His heart-beat And a side-ward glance From him would unnerve her Each would regale in the other As if they were the two sane breathing beings In this world of fools... The story would go on for a while And then... Everything would be prefixed or suffixed By a please, a sorry, a may, a could and so on And then... Hell of it, can't I have my time? Why can't you do it yourself? Leave me alone! Will you? And then... How's your mother? How's your dog? Can't you serve yourself dinner? Why do you make me feel bad? And the list goes on... And then... An 'ah' or 'uhm' or a tearing silence For a call or a talk from him And long stare or sulking silence From her most times go unnoticed And then... The world they envisaged Where they would retreat In the middle of a maddening crowd Fades into oblivion And then... They would manage to go on Each in one's tightly spun cocoon 11aug2010 11.55hrs