24 Hours !!

So what would I do if I was told that after today the most important thing to me and my life is unattainable for the rest of my life. I guess after the initial (albeit usual) human emotions like anger, pity, sympathy, empathy I kind of came to a logical and definite conclusion on how I would react. I will live out that 24 hours as if there was no tomorrow. That's how life is, you don't get what you want coz if it does, then the whole game becomes too boring.

So I guess we got to get over it and move on with our life but then is that so simple ? Is it really easy to pretend nothing ever happened and that the one thing you most wanted in life is now not yours forever, may be it is !!

A day, again, passes into oblivion,
So did a month and so did a year,
All those old times I wish to forget,
Yet so colourful and stronger they get.
What use is all these pictures in my mind ?
When all I want is to tear them apart.
I see the boulevard lined by my memories,
On it, I walk, every day every night,
Not laughing, not crying, just like a ghost,
Wanting to forget what I cherish the most.

Then comes a break of dawn,
Bringing with it the wisdom that shone,
Memories are there not to be forgotten,
As I see how stronger I have gotten,
For each one have a story to tell,
To remind me of my courage - when I fell.
Now I want to frame the pictures in my mind,
But into the future I look and smile!

I venture out, for a new light and shade,
Radiance of this dawn, so soon begins to fade,
As the shades get dark so do my thoughts,
The lonely nights forever break my might,
The tears and smile come back to haunt,
So hard to grasp the will of the world,
The craving, the pain and the sadness of 'today',
Outlives the happiness and smile of 'yesterday',
I never knew then and never will I now,
What you were to me, and I to you,
Places too far in search of a wish I go,
The one wish that is, never to dream,
Since all my dreams lead to you,
Staring into your eyes I want to ask,
Why did the you and the me,
Never did ever become the "us".

My heart everyday told me something,
A happy ever after kind of a story,
I hold your hand and time stands frozen,
Just as I begin to dream the years of love,
There you were with that fatal smile,
Waiting to tell me an unexpected Goodbye,
Whose making was it, I never will know,
You were so close but yet miles apart,
I never cried and I never will,
Your memories and time may forever haunt,
But my heart shall not explode for a while,
For I know a truth that shall always be true,
In all the lands far and wide,
There is none before and none from now,
Who can think of you the way I do.

PS: The second stanza was written by my pal in response to my first stanza. My response in the third !