Grant me something

Isn't it true

That our relation is more than normal,

That your pretension is less than real

And that our mutual affinity is unusual?

Isn't it true

That each took care to dress for the other,

That each longed for the other furtively

And that, in casual talks, eyes took down different notes?

Isn't it true

That I betrayed my heart so nakedly,

That you accepted it with same spirit

And that there is an undercurrent crossing us?

If it's true

Sever not the tie lest I should go forlorn,

And grant me something memorable,

In your absence, to be as you with me.

29.05.99, Palakkad