Sushi

It is all I ever wanted
With you
To sit and wait
In this crowded space
Waving in vain
To the waiter in distress
And I crack up
To calm you down
No need to fret
His smile tender
Once we place our order.

Between bites
And overhearing
The couple beside
I bask
In delight
Eating
My obsession
While you carry on
With the conversation.

I pass by
Quickly catching this sight
I stand outside
At at loss it is not I
Savoring sushi at your side.

I walk past all I ever wanted
With you
You sit inside
Reveling in my sushi
With another one than me.

The right word

How well will I perform
Does it depend on the right word
Gushing
Aching to
Exhibit perfection
So that you will see me
In that vision

How will you respond
To the reflex of being flushed
That I constantly misspell
Was always told
I wrote well
Yet to you
I cannot concoct a clever thought

This is how I tell
I drafted it then
Rewrite
Again and again
Until at night
The imaginary recital
Would flood my head

I love you that way
That the words I send
Are never close to decent
For it is my heart you confuse
It is so loud
To silence
I am reduced.

Here and There

Were you there

When I fell

A broken bone

And I would not

Crawl out of my shell

Were you there

When I climbed to the top

Eyes teared up

With my pride

Overflowing the cup

Were you there

When I had nothing to share

Not to mark

Victorious days

Nor forget days that drained

Weren't you here

Only when it suited you

Done being busy

To squeeze in

A thought or two

I do not depend on

Just want to count on 

Your presence

Here and there

A mate that actually cares

I am here

And I would stay there

Time flies

But days will drag

If you are one.