WHEN I MET YOU..

when i met you

that very first day

the yellowed

crumpled and torn

uninteresting 

open envelope

in your hand,

you turned it around

shook it 

nothing came out

it was empty

you saw nothing

you threw it

down on the ground

as i lay there 

on the cold barren ground

you felt me 

you thought it was me

you stopped

and bent down

to pick it up

you stopped again

deep in your thoughts

you touched me

but left me there

there on the cold barren ground

i met you 

for the last time 

©®Madhumita