A Chance Meeting / After So Many Ages Poem by Debdip Maitra

The silence looms large, echoing with words unsaid,
As our eyes meet again, after so many ages,
Letters so many written, unopened, unsent,
The emotions they do strain, chained down in their cages.

Age has changed me, balding and greying now,
But you look just the same, as I always remember you,
That strand of hair still falls, kissing and caressing your brow,
Your smile still intrigues me, yes you still do.

Words are meaningless, knowing each other as we do,
Seeing you floods me once again, with all the buried memories,
And like a house of ants they run, pell-mell oh they do,
First one, then all come running out towards the laid out savouries.

And I am transported back again, once again a child,
I used to bring you flowers, though less pretty than you,
As you walk towards me, my heart still beats wild,
I remember the old days, the friendship pure and true.

Yes, in my eyes you might see, the 36 years that passed,
But in those eyes deep and blue, I see again my smile,
For you never failed to lift me when I was downcast,
And I smile again as you pass me, walking your daughter down the aisle….