A FATEFUL REUNION
I WAS AT WORK, LOST IN THE DAY,
OFFICE TASKS PILING IN THEIR USUAL WAY.
I HADN'T CHATTED WITH HER THESE DAYS,
YET THOUGHT OF HER IN PASSING WAYS.
THEN CAME THIS SATURDAY, BRIGHT AND FREE,
A DAY FATE HAD CHOSEN TO BLESS ME.
HER STORY APPEARED—A FLEETING SIGHT,
BUSES LINED UP IN THE MORNING LIGHT.
THEN RANGIA CAME, A SILENT CLUE,
COULD SHE BE COMING? I WISHED IT TRUE.
I SENT A MESSAGE, YET DOUBTED STILL,
BUT FATE HAD PLANNED, BEYOND MY WILL.
THEN I SAW HER, BY CHANCE, IN INDIA,
BUYING BURAY, A SIGHT SO FAMILIAR.
MY HEART LEAPED HIGH—I KNEW SHE WAS HERE,
A FRIEND SO DEAR, A BOND SO CLEAR.
WE PLANNED TO MEET, AND TIME STOOD STILL,
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR LIT WITH THRILL.
AT MEJONG HOTEL IN SAMDRUP JONGKHAR,
WE MET, AFTER YEARS SO FAR.
LAUGHTER ECHOED, STORIES UNTOLD,
MEMORIES SHINING, WORTH MORE THAN GOLD.
WE SPOKE OF COLLEGE, THE DAYS GONE BY,
CAREFREE MOMENTS, DREAMS HELD HIGH.
HER COUSIN SAT, YET WE DIDN’T CARE,
LOST IN OUR JOY, A FRIENDSHIP RARE.
OH, WHAT A GIFT—THIS BOND SO TRUE,
A LIGHT IN LIFE, IN DARKEST BLUE.
MAY MOMENTS LIKE THIS COME AGAIN,
FOR FRIENDSHIP HEALS, THROUGH JOY AND PAIN.
