Goodbyes

A Goodbye.

As the hammer struck the gong thrice, the whole

school chanted a 4-line prayer in unison. And two

kids, put on their tiny bags, and as they parted ways,

albeit not wanting to, they said 'Goodbye' as a 

promise, to meet again. 

The cliched voice of the Bareilly Railway station,

reverberated throughout the station, announcing 

the departure of the train that went to Srinagar, 

and a young man, clad in the Indian army gear,

 held his woman tight to his chest,not 

 wanting to let go. Her red bangles and

the red line in the partition of her forehead, showed

that the young lovers, needed each other, needed

time. And as they depart, they say 'goodbye',

for nothing else would mean anything to

express the recurrent longing.

The same place they had met, 4 years ago

The same music playing, the serene violin.

They looked into each others' eyes, and they

did what they were here to do. They just

sighed in unison, and made a decision that

broke their hearts. They decided to separate.

After 4 years, they paid their share of the bill

individually, and they said 'Goodbye' with tears

in their eyes, for the reasons to be different, were

way more than the ones that kept them together.

A 'Goodbye', is a promise, an emblem of longing.

A denotation of separation, for the better, always.

Tears and sadness are its best comrades, but 

Goodbyes, they certainly are not forever.

It's just a farewell, a hope, a sign,

that they'll be back. The one who left,

he'll surely be back.

Goodbyes, oh they never stay forever.

-DaYumfooDie.

Laugh. Rainbows. Unicorns. Love.

HEYYY.

This is the last post of the year 2015 or maybe even 2016. So, see you after a long long while. It was a beautiful journey, it surely was. Thank you all.