The Last Meeting

The last time we met
You asked me to wait
I didn't know till when
You didn't tell me for what.

Time moved on
And I was still there
Waiting for you
With your promise in hand.
You didn't come
For time so long
But there I was still
With your promise again.

Everything else around moved on
Leaving me where you left me alone
I was scared of losing all I had
Waiting for you for that long.
But I couldn't leave the place
As your promise was all I had along.

I gave up my dreams
My aspirations and my feelings
Just to make sure that
Your expectations from me
Should never fall flat.

My wait got prolonged
Wit no sign of your return
I saw myself still standing there
In the hope of that wait to get over.

I was laughed at
Mocked at
Looked down upon as stupid
But nothing could move
The belief I had in you
And the promise you made.

One fine day you finally came
I wanted to shout and let the world know
That the belief I had in you
Did not go in vain.
But you, holding my hand began
"Look you are not the one
Who deserves to be in my life.
I respect your feelings
But I can't accept you as part of my life.
The moments I spent with you are cherish-able
But can't think of it as memorable.
I found someone exactly
The way I wanted you to be.
So let's forget everything
And find yourself someone too
Who is as worthy as you."

You left and I stood there again
With no idea which way to go
Because while searching for you
I lost everything I had.
Once again I started with the broken pieces I had
Of my dreams, aspirations and
Of myself.
I had nothing to lose
As all I had once
Was taken away by you
Even the bits and pieces I had of you.

With you gone I couldn't believe
But I was all the more strong.
I was no longer the worthless and useless puppet
That you always made me believe I was.
I was myself again
With the same worth
And of much more value
Than what you assessed me to be.

Then you came again and
Holding my hand began
"I don't know what took over me
I was so stupid to leave a jewel like you.
Yes I called you a jewel
Because I know your value now.
The one I thought was worthy
And was ready to leave you for
Was just a shiny metal
With nothing of a jewel inside."

Releasing my hand from his grip
It was my turn to speak;
"Look now you are not the one
Who deserves to be in my life.
I respect your feelings
But there is no possibility of
Accepting you as part of my life.
The moments I spent with you were memorable once
But now they only remain cherish-able.
I won't say that I found someone
Exactly the way I wanted you to be
Because I never wanted you to be anybody else
As i had always accepted you as what you were.
So let's forget everything yet again
And find yourself someone else
Who is as worthy as you."

That's all I had to say
And now it's your turn
To be the part of that never ending wait
Which I have already been through
A while AGO.