In another timeline, 

In another realm,

You were in love while I was lying in deathbed, 

Playing hide and seek with the dead and ruins.

In another timeline, 

In another occasion, 

Our roads never crossed together, 

We never saw each other’s smiling face. 

Nor did we bother to collide in. 

In another timeline, 

You were sulking your face deep into another’s chest while I was running….

Running from another’s suffocating arms,

Only to remain lonely.

In another timeline, 

In another phase of life,

You are chasing something else, 

I am looking for stability…

In another lifetime, perhaps, 

We will lock our hands, fill the space 

with each other’s fingers and cross paths again,

Maybe, that day you will kiss me longer 

and give me a deep neck scar. 

Perhaps, in that parallel world, 

Without any doubts or confusion-

I will stay.

I will stay with you,

No distractions would then sway!

Perhaps, then, we will be inseparable, 

Maybe, then, we will reunite like sun and moon,

Too distant yet too close, 

Too bright to dim or shine.

Constantly, Consistently, Continuously 

I’ll then choose you!

©® Farheen Akter Bhuian Nancy 

Time Frame: 12.12.25, 10.05 pm, MIST, Tagar.