Time never stays at one place, it’s habit is also like humans…
That evening, was just like any other evening. People were flocking the tube station to catch the earliest possible tube so that they can reach home on time. Traffic was heavy, eateries were busy with customers, parking lot was full and so were minds of people hanging around there.
And yet, something was special about that evening. There was something very different that evening.
Yes, Indeed !
That evening I was about to meet the girl, I longed for . The eagerness and anxiety which was building inside me was very different. It was something, to which even I was coming to an agreement with. I still remember how i was consoling myself to have patience.
For me, everything happening around me were happening in slow motions. Even the seconds were ticking in minutes and minutes were in hours.
Such was my eagerness to see her that literally I was counting time by my heart beats.
Somebody has said it rightly, “In love you don’t count time, but heartbeats.” guess that somebody is me only 😉
Even today, I remember those heartbeats which too were eager to listen heartbeats. This is so true, once time is gone then all you are left with are thoughts. Some thoughts make u smile, some make you think, some make u wink while some brings…
I still question my heart that why couldn’t it gather more courage that day. I still ponder over my thoughts that what stopped me that day. Perhaps, things would have been different had I not let her go when she took my hand in hers.
I wish, she too would feel once what my heart wanted to know her. I hope that day her heart beats did speak with mine. I believe she too will realise one day that it was my fear only that didn’t allow me to speak. She will one day, some day …