Reunion

It happened without

planning or premeditation

he agreed, his indisposition

was no barrier, we met in our

small crowded city, in a joint

noisy, hot and busy.

After the greetings, the order

for soup and starter and feeling

of relative unease at the meeting

slowly the old events were relived

with memories of bitterness sweetened

by the present moment of togetherness.

 I have always tried to unite

him with the family but was

always repulsed- and rightly so

he was stubborn to my pleadings

my requests were smiled away

again we became dear strangers:

The nearness that was magical

broke apart, the charm countered

by sulking logic disappointed me,

what looked like done was undone.

But some power stopped the A/C

silencing the crowd having lost

the sight of the family reunion.

Where the hearts and the souls were

rejoined to fill the widening gap like

a written script conceived earlier
stopped the breath for a while.

Sabita Sahu