As in the days of yore...

i hold your gaze in my heart

the one that still pierces

my insides... and when done,

giggles, silly like a child -

naughty and innocent

and in so many ways, wild!

as wild and vivid as it can be,

i bring it back from memories

to revel in the quiet of the night

and run riot in my ecstatic mind -

waiting for serendipity to come by

and for my being to rejoice in that find!

I often pretend you're here

and sneak a glance or two and smile

in that feeling of joy, knowing

what will be, if deja vu happens -

only i'd want it to happen again

and again - more regular than often!

Will you wake me up some day,

snapping me from this happy dream?

Of your eyes meeting mine...

To say, while holding my gaze,

"Wake up, dreamer, i am here

..why are you still amazed?"

That is when i will tell you

of the thousand adjectives

and exclamations i saved for this day! -

only to be speechless again, lost like before

and see you shake your head, and walk away

like you did in the days of yore!

31st August, 2014