SURREPTITIOUS GLANCES

SURREPTITIOUS GLANCES

Today got soul mates reminiscence,
Remind yesteryears, with innocence,
Love unspoken eyes met yet averted,
College days, fragile heart, a lot sighted,
Wrote a letter of undiluted admiration,
Kept inside a drawer, soaked in emotion,
Those were days with no mobile internet,
Behind followed failed to communicate,
Gentle, polite, and suave, a dignified picture,
Silently observed personified nature,
Felt small, feared to express openly,
You looked back, messaging slightly,
A moment was as if perpetually diminished,
The distant failed to cover yet wished,
Education job career pulled us apart,
The books at your bosom walk intact,
Letters to feeling in a diary written vainly,
Thought about you in the nights, insanely,
Where are you staying, if you remember?
Busy life, clueless, searched, reminder,
Love is immortal, unites hearts, sheer,
We met on a long flight, nearest dear,
Unspoken words, unanswered smiles,
Proposed that day dared no lifestyle,
Gathered the courage to show the diary,
She read the pages and had little enquiry.
Handed over the diary, looked straight,
Question, why failed years to intimate,
Then and there it finished, got united,
Marriage is only ceremonial; a lot is recited.
Closeness, understanding, it enhances,
Teases her with once surreptitious glances,

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 22 May 2026
Themes: Friendship to marriage

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