Tell me dearest,

If we were strangers all over again

Could we go back to the beginning,

Forget the pain?

To that time, when you looked at me

And I pretended I did not care.

Did you know how long I stared at the road

Once you were gone from there?

Or to that time when you stood hours

for a glimpse

Knowing that the wait

was only deliberate.

To that time when I wet your chest,

With the storm in my heart

And thanked heavens

For your warm shoulders.

My only anchor and relief.

Could we walk slowly this time?

And avoid the dark potholes

On this rugged road?

Check our basic urges

and curb the bitter words we once uttered

Could we really save us from ourselves?

May be it is worth a try and how!

Because could we be any more strangers

than what we are now?