An Ode to the Ex.

Remember Me?
The girl you played with?
Sometimes House
Sometimes Doctor-Doctor?

Remember Us?

That impulsive kiss

High up on that wooden branch

The day we climbed the Big Tree.

Remember Me?

You used to lie on my lap underneath a starry sky

Ask me questions about the world

That I didn't have the answers to.

Remember Us?

The way we grew up together

They way we left town for the big city

Three hundred rupees in our bags?

Remember Me?

I made my first omelette for you

Cut my finger 

Cried and wanted to go back home.

Remember Us?

You wiped my childish tears

And said we'd hold hands all our lives

And watch every sunset together.

Remember Me?

The tears on my face

Our painful embrace
When we realised it was over...

Remember Us?

Our dreams and your promises

Shattering into a thousand tiny fragments...

Halting as they fell.

Remember Me?

Now that you're walking past me

Across the road 

Not even glancing at me...

We were Us
Eleven years ago.

Remember Me?

Remember Us?

(Wannabe) 18 till die.

Recently I've been thinking about getting older and here are the top two likes and dislikes about it:

(I'm starting with Dislikes because that's what I'm leaning towards with the topic)

DISLIKES

1. You're getting older. There is not a whole lot to like about the concept. You're no longer in the media's 'young people' age bracket. Data collected from your demographic is no longer used to make Pepsi/ Levis ads; it is used to make ads for Real Estate/Cars/Diapers for your babies. 

As if that's not depressing enough, you have to start thinking about money and investments-- and the dreaded word- SAVINGS (tum dum DUMMMMM...).

With everything you do, you have to 'think about your future' and find the right husband/wife, have the beautiful wedding and the gorgeous babies and then...? Well, you basically gotta continue to keep thinking about the  future. And there is nothing appealing about this 'thinking about the future' thing. 

Besides that, there is slower metabolism, greying hair, lots of wrinkles...nothing that tempts you to get older any time soon.

2. As you get older, your parents get older. If you thought they were insane during your teen years, wait till you find out what it's like when THEY get older. They're the insanes' insane. It can go one of two ways: 

a. They will act like they are actually 18, which means your life is spent begging them to stop fussing, eat right- no sweets please!, cross the road carefully...etc. OR

b. They will act as if they are twice their age. For example. If they're 60, they'll act as if they're actually 120 and have been ready to kick the bucket for the last 2 decades. One will often hear them make over-dramatic statements like, Oh, you know I'm so old now, My life is over, Sigh, sigh, sigh (so much sighing)...

In both cases, it's not pretty.

But either ways, the worst thing is the reality of it all- They ARE getting older. They WILL get sicker and whether you like or not, they WILL have to move on one day.

And whether they're childlike or acting senile, we still want them around. Most of us never want to deal with not having our parents around. I mean, they're the MOM and DAD.


Just for this...it makes me want to stop time...

Anyway, moving on...

LIKES

1.

OK, I give up. There are None.