Melting Memories by Deepshikha Patangay, BA II Year

 

Photo credit: Dr Jhilam Chattaraj

Melting Memories 

Primary schooling brought us together,

Though being classmates,

We never neglected each other.

High school changed our lives,

Though as classmates again,

We needed each other.

 

Friendship turned into an unbreakable bond,

No matter how many entered,

They failed to part us from each other.

Growing older in life,

We found our ways,

To stay with each other.

 

Kids who turned up into adults,

We saw the vision of tomorrow,

Of living with each other.

Daydreaming of something big,

The wild storm arrived,

To depart us from each other.

 

The journey came to an end,

Just like the way two sailors,

Who sailed the boats without each other.

Was it a mirage or fate?

Was it the past or the new venture?

That forced us to live without each other.

 

Wish! We lived up to the title,

"The Greatest Friends"

Just like Antonio and Bassanio,

Who stood beside forever.

But these feelings had to be buried,

Beneath the Earth forever.

 

Just like Behrman's last painting,

I pen down my feelings for one last time,

Paying a small tribute,

For the uncountable memories,

Which permits me to walk away from the past,

To start a new journey without her.